Rewinding to Saturday 2 April 1977…
Saturday · Heidelberg, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany
The world on 2 April 1977 in Heidelberg.
Scroll back in time ↓01The weather outside
A high of 10°C in Heidelberg.
10°C/ 50°F high
Low of 6°C · 5.2 mm of rain
The sun rose at 06:00 and set at 18:57 — 12h 57m of daylight.
02The sky that night
A waxing gibbous watched over you.
97% lit · 13.3 days into its cycle
Looking up from Heidelberg that evening, you could have spotted Jupiter and Saturn without a telescope.
It was spring in your half of the world.
The Moon was 368,457 km away — closer 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
PRICES IN THE U.S. · 1977-04-02
BREAD COSTS 5.5× 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
km travelled
49 laps around the Sun
06Born under
A Saturday's child, under Aries.
Star sign
Aries
Fire sign
Chinese zodiac
Snake
Fire Snake
Birthstone
Diamond
for your month
Birth flower
Daisy
for your month
Generation
Generation X
1965–1980
Day of the week
Saturday
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