Rewinding to Friday, June 18, 1976…
Friday · Ada, Oklahoma, United States
The world on June 18, 1976 in Ada.
Scroll back in time ↓01The weather outside
It was rain in Ada.
77°F/ 25°C high
Low of 68°F · 0.77 in of rain · wind up to 11 mph
The sun rose at 5:13 am and set at 7:42 pm — 14h 29m of daylight.
Reconstructed from historical climate data — the closest thing we have to a weather time machine.
02The sky that night
A last quarter watched over you.
55% lit · 21.7 days into its cycle
Looking up from Ada that evening, you could have spotted Mars, Saturn, Uranus without a telescope.
It was summer in your half of the world.
The Moon was 248,783 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 dollar bought
Your first receipt.
GENERAL STORE
ADA · 1976-06-18
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
2,629 weeks of them
0
full moons
have risen since your first night
0.00B
miles traveled
50 laps around the Sun
06Born under
A Friday'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
Friday
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