Rewinding to Saturday, April 23, 1977…
Saturday · West Newbury, Massachusetts, United States
The world on April 23, 1977 in West Newbury.
Scroll back in time ↓01The weather outside
Looking up the weather in West Newbury…
02The sky that night
A waxing crescent watched over you.
26% lit · 5 days into its cycle
Looking up from West Newbury that evening, you could have spotted Saturn and Uranus without a telescope.
It was spring in your half of the world.
The Moon was 250,281 miles away — farther than usual.
03On every radio
The chart-topper that week: “Don't Leave Me This Way”
by Thelma Houston — number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for 1 week, taking over from “Don't Give Up On Us”.
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04What a dollar bought
Your first receipt.
GENERAL STORE
WEST NEWBURY · 1977-04-23
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
2,585 weeks of them
0
full moons
have risen since your first night
0.00B
miles traveled
49 laps around the Sun
06Born under
A Saturday's child, under Taurus.
Star sign
Taurus
Earth 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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