Rewinding to Wednesday, January 26, 1977…

Wednesday · Daytona Beach, Florida, United States

Vince, you arrived on January 26, 1977 in Daytona Beach.

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01The weather outside

A high of 58°F in Daytona Beach.

58°F/ 14°C high

Low of 43°F · dry

The sun rose at 7:16 am and set at 5:57 pm — 10h 42m of daylight.

02The sky that night

A first quarter watched over you.

49% lit · 7.3 days into its cycle

Looking up from Daytona Beach that evening, you could have spotted Venus, Jupiter, Saturn without a telescope.

It was winter in your half of the world.

The Moon was 250,723 miles away — farther than usual.

03On every radio

The chart-topper that week: “I Wish”

by Stevie Wonder — number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for 1 week, taking over from “You Make Me Feel Like Dancing”.

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04What a dollar bought

Your first receipt.

GENERAL STORE

DAYTONA BEACH · 1977-01-26

ITEM1977TODAYLoaf of white breadper lb≈$0.32$1.83Dozen eggsgrade A large≈$0.40$2.27Gallon of milkwhole≈$0.72$4.11Gallon of gasregular unleaded$0.63$4.48Pound of coffeeground roast≈$1.63$9.33Minimum wagefederal, per hour$2.30$7.25Median new homeUS sale price$46,300$393,300Postage stampfirst-class letter$0.13$0.78

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

2,597 weeks of them

0

full moons

have risen since your first night

0.00B

miles traveled

49 laps around the Sun

06Born under

A Wednesday's child, under Aquarius.

Star sign

Aquarius

Air sign

Chinese zodiac

Dragon

Fire Dragon

Birthstone

Garnet

for your month

Birth flower

Carnation

for your month

Generation

Generation X

1965–1980

Day of the week

Wednesday

And so much more you’d never guess or remember.

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