Rewinding to Tuesday, August 2, 1977…

Tuesday · Glendale, California, United States

Edward, you arrived on August 2, 1977 in Glendale.

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01The weather outside

A high of 89°F in Glendale.

89°F/ 32°C high

Low of 70°F · dry

The sun rose at 6:04 am and set at 7:53 pm — 13h 48m of daylight.

02The sky that night

A waning gibbous watched over you.

84% lit · 18.7 days into its cycle

No bright planets were above Glendale's horizon that evening — the moon had the sky to itself.

It was summer in your half of the world.

The Moon was 239,545 miles away, right about average.

03On every radio

The chart-topper that week: “I Just Want To Be Your Everything”

by Andy Gibb — number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for 4 weeks, taking over from “Looks Like We Made It”.

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04What a dollar bought

Your first receipt.

GENERAL STORE

GLENDALE · 1977-08-02

ITEM1977TODAYLoaf of white breadper lb≈$0.33$1.83Dozen eggsgrade A large≈$0.41$2.27Gallon of milkwhole≈$0.75$4.11Gallon of gasregular unleaded$0.67$4.48Pound of coffeeground roast≈$1.70$9.33Minimum wagefederal, per hour$2.30$7.25Median new homeUS sale price$48,800$393,300Postage stampfirst-class letter$0.13$0.78

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

2,570 weeks of them

0

full moons

have risen since your first night

0.00B

miles traveled

49 laps around the Sun

06Born under

A Tuesday's child, under Leo.

Star sign

Leo

Fire sign

Chinese zodiac

Snake

Fire Snake

Birthstone

Peridot

for your month

Birth flower

Gladiolus

for your month

Generation

Generation X

1965–1980

Day of the week

Tuesday

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