Rewinding to Friday 13 May 1977…

Friday · Nottingham, England, United Kingdom

The world on 13 May 1977 in Nottingham.

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01The weather outside

A high of 10°C in Nottingham.

10°C/ 49°F high

Low of 3°C · 2.2 mm of rain

The sun rose at 05:10 and set at 20:52 — 15h 42m of daylight.

02The sky that night

A waning crescent watched over you.

16% lit · 25.7 days into its cycle

Looking up from Nottingham that evening, you could have spotted Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus without a telescope.

It was spring in your half of the world.

The Moon was 247,554 miles away — farther than usual.

03On every radio

The chart-topper that week: “Hotel California”

by Eagles — number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for 1 week, taking over from “Southern Nights”.

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04What a pound bought

Your first receipt.

GENERAL STORE

PRICES IN UNITED KINGDOM · 1977-05-13

ITEM1977TODAYSliced white loaf800 g£0.21£1.44Litre of milkfresh£0.20£1.17Kilo of flourwheat£0.20£0.57Kilo of bananas1 kg£0.44£1.05Kilo of sugarwhite£0.26£1.18Kilo of chickenwhole£1.06£3.87

Measured shop prices

Prices: Office for National Statistics (UK)

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

2,582 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 Taurus.

Star sign

Taurus

Earth sign

Chinese zodiac

Snake

Fire Snake

Birthstone

Emerald

for your month

Birth flower

Lily of the valley

for your month

Generation

Generation X

1965–1980

Day of the week

Friday

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