Rewinding to Thursday 6 May 1976…
Thursday · Mevaseret Zion, Jerusalem, Israel
The world on 6 May 1976 in Mevaseret Zion.
Scroll back in time ↓01The weather outside
A high of 25°C in Mevaseret Zion.
25°C/ 76°F high
Low of 16°C · dry
The sun rose at 04:49 and set at 18:22 — 13h 34m of daylight.
02The sky that night
A first quarter watched over you.
45% lit · 6.9 days into its cycle
Looking up from Mevaseret Zion that evening, you could have spotted Mars, Saturn, Uranus without a telescope.
It was spring in your half of the world.
The Moon was 380,463 km away, right about average.
03On every radio
The chart-topper that week: “Let Your Love Flow”
by Bellamy Brothers — number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for 1 week, taking over from “Disco Lady”.
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04What a dollar bought
Your first receipt.
Israel’s shop prices from 1976 aren’t in the records we use, so here is what the same basket cost in the US that day.
GENERAL STORE
PRICES IN THE U.S. · 1976-05-06
BREAD COSTS 5.9× WHAT IT DID
US national averages · ≈ = estimated from inflation
05Your life in numbers
Since that day, you have lived…
0
seconds
and counting, right now
0
heartbeats
at a resting average of 80 a minute
0
breaths
give or take a few yawns
0
sunrises
2,635 weeks of them
0
full moons
have risen since your first night
0.00B
km travelled
50 laps around the Sun
06Born under
A Thursday's child, under Taurus.
Star sign
Taurus
Earth sign
Chinese zodiac
Dragon
Fire Dragon
Birthstone
Emerald
for your month
Birth flower
Lily of the valley
for your month
Generation
Generation X
1965–1980
Day of the week
Thursday
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