Rewinding to Monday, March 28, 1977…

Monday · St Louis, Missouri, United States

The world on March 28, 1977 in St Louis.

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01The weather outside

A high of 67°F in St Louis.

67°F/ 19°C high

Low of 56°F · 2.38 in of rain

The sun rose at 5:51 am and set at 6:20 pm — 12h 29m of daylight.

02The sky that night

A waxing gibbous watched over you.

62% lit · 8.5 days into its cycle

Looking up from St Louis that evening, you could have spotted Jupiter and Saturn without a telescope.

It was spring in your half of the world.

The Moon was 245,141 miles away — farther than usual.

03On every radio

The chart-topper that week: “Rich Girl”

by Daryl Hall John Oates — number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for 2 weeks, taking over from “Evergreen (Love Theme From "A Star Is Born")”.

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04What a dollar bought

Your first receipt.

GENERAL STORE

ST LOUIS · 1977-03-28

ITEM1977TODAYLoaf of white breadper lb≈$0.32$1.83Dozen eggsgrade A large≈$0.40$2.27Gallon of milkwhole≈$0.73$4.11Gallon of gasregular unleaded$0.64$4.48Pound of coffeeground roast≈$1.65$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

2,588 weeks of them

0

full moons

have risen since your first night

0.00B

miles traveled

49 laps around the Sun

06Born under

A Monday's child, under Aries.

Star sign

Aries

Fire sign

Chinese zodiac

Snake

Fire Snake

Birthstone

Aquamarine

for your month

Birth flower

Daffodil

for your month

Generation

Generation X

1965–1980

Day of the week

Monday

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