Rewinding to Wednesday 17 August 1977…
Wednesday · Les Ulis, Île-de-France Region, France
The world on 17 August 1977 in Les Ulis.
Scroll back in time ↓01The weather outside
A high of 21°C in Les Ulis.
21°C/ 71°F high
Low of 14°C · 3.2 mm of rain
The sun rose at 06:46 and set at 21:02 — 14h 16m of daylight.
02The sky that night
A waxing crescent watched over you.
9% lit · 2.9 days into its cycle
No bright planets were above Les Ulis's horizon that evening — the moon had the sky to itself.
It was summer in your half of the world.
The Moon was 379,900 km 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
PRICES IN THE U.S. · 1977-08-17
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
2,568 weeks of them
0
full moons
have risen since your first night
0.00B
km travelled
49 laps around the Sun
06Born under
A Wednesday'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
Wednesday
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