Rewinding to Thursday 17 June 1976…
Thursday · Sutton Coldfield, England, United Kingdom
Scott, you arrived on 17 June 1976 in Sutton Coldfield.
Scroll back in time ↓01The weather outside
A high of 22°C in Sutton Coldfield.
22°C/ 72°F high
Low of 11°C · 0.6 mm of rain
The sun rose at 04:43 and set at 21:33 — 16h 50m of daylight.
02The sky that night
A waning gibbous watched over you.
67% lit · 20.6 days into its cycle
Looking up from Sutton Coldfield that evening, you could have spotted Mars, Saturn, Uranus without a telescope.
It was summer in your half of the world.
The Moon was 245,785 miles away — farther than usual.
03On every radio
The chart-topper that week: “Silly Love Songs”
by Wings — number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for 5 weeks, taking over from “Love Hangover”.
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04What a pound bought
Your first receipt.
GENERAL STORE
PRICES IN UNITED KINGDOM · 1976-06-17
Measured shop prices
Prices: Office for National Statistics (UK)
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
2,629 weeks of them
0
full moons
have risen since your first night
0.00B
miles traveled
50 laps around the Sun
06Born under
A Thursday's child, under Gemini.
Star sign
Gemini
Air sign
Chinese zodiac
Dragon
Fire Dragon
Birthstone
Pearl
for your month
Birth flower
Rose
for your month
Generation
Generation X
1965–1980
Day of the week
Thursday
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