Rewinding to Monday, October 4, 1976…
Monday · San Francisco, California, United States
Alicia, you arrived on October 4, 1976 in San Francisco.
Scroll back in time ↓01The weather outside
A high of 77°F in San Francisco.
77°F/ 25°C high
Low of 57°F · dry
The sun rose at 7:08 am and set at 6:47 pm — 11h 40m of daylight.
02The sky that night
A waxing gibbous watched over you.
91% lit · 12 days into its cycle
No bright planets were above San Francisco's horizon that evening — the moon had the sky to itself.
It was autumn in your half of the world.
The Moon was 246,816 miles away — farther than usual.
03On every radio
The chart-topper that week: “Play That Funky Music”
by Wild Cherry — number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for 3 weeks, taking over from “(Shake, Shake, Shake) Shake Your Booty”.
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04What a dollar bought
Your first receipt.
GENERAL STORE
SAN FRANCISCO · 1976-10-04
BREAD COSTS 5.7× 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
2,613 weeks of them
0
full moons
have risen since your first night
0.00B
miles traveled
50 laps around the Sun
06Born under
A Monday's child, under Libra.
Star sign
Libra
Air sign
Chinese zodiac
Dragon
Fire Dragon
Birthstone
Opal
for your month
Birth flower
Marigold
for your month
Generation
Generation X
1965–1980
Day of the week
Monday
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