Rewinding to Thursday 15 July 1976…
Thursday · Algermissen, Lower Saxony, Germany
Diane, you arrived on 15 July 1976 in Algermissen.
Scroll back in time ↓01The weather outside
It was light drizzle in Algermissen.
26°C/ 78°F high
Low of 15°C · 0.4 mm of rain · wind up to 9 km/h
The sun rose at 04:16 and set at 20:34 — 16h 18m of daylight.
02The sky that night
A waning gibbous watched over you.
81% lit · 19 days into its cycle
Looking up from Algermissen that evening, you could have spotted Mars and Uranus without a telescope.
It was summer in your half of the world.
The Moon was 396,236 km away — farther than usual.
03On every radio
The chart-topper that week: “Afternoon Delight”
by Starland Vocal Band — number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for 2 weeks, taking over from “Silly Love Songs”.
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04What a dollar bought
Your first receipt.
GENERAL STORE
PRICES IN THE U.S. · 1976-07-15
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
2,625 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 Cancer.
Star sign
Cancer
Water sign
Chinese zodiac
Dragon
Fire Dragon
Birthstone
Ruby
for your month
Birth flower
Larkspur
for your month
Generation
Generation X
1965–1980
Day of the week
Thursday
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