Rewinding to Friday, November 19, 1976…
Friday · St Louis, Missouri, United States
Jack, you arrived on November 19, 1976 in St Louis.
Scroll back in time ↓01The weather outside
A high of 58°F in St Louis.
58°F/ 14°C high
Low of 38°F · dry
The sun rose at 6:47 am and set at 4:44 pm — 9h 57m of daylight.
Measured at the St louis lambert intl ap weather station, 21 km away (NOAA GHCN-Daily). Sunrise and sunset are calculated for this city.
Reconstructed from historical climate data — the closest thing we have to a weather time machine.
02The sky that night
A waning crescent watched over you.
3% lit · 27.8 days into its cycle
Looking up from St Louis that evening, you could have spotted Jupiter without a telescope.
It was autumn in your half of the world.
The Moon was 222,653 miles away — closer than usual.
03On every radio
The chart-topper that week: “Tonight's The Night (Gonna Be Alright)”
by Rod Stewart — number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for 8 weeks, taking over from “Rock'n Me”.
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04What a dollar bought
Your first receipt.
GENERAL STORE
ST LOUIS · 1976-11-19
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
2,607 weeks of them
0
full moons
have risen since your first night
0.00B
miles traveled
49 laps around the Sun
06Born under
A Friday's child, under Scorpio.
Star sign
Scorpio
Water sign
Chinese zodiac
Dragon
Fire Dragon
Birthstone
Topaz
for your month
Birth flower
Chrysanthemum
for your month
Generation
Generation X
1965–1980
Day of the week
Friday
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