Rewinding to Monday 9 January 1978…
Monday · Corigliano Calabro, Calabria, Italy
The world on 9 January 1978 in Corigliano Calabro.
Scroll back in time ↓01The weather outside
It was mostly clear in Corigliano Calabro.
7°C/ 45°F high
Low of 1°C · dry · wind up to 5 km/h
The sun rose at 07:14 and set at 16:47 — 9h 33m of daylight.
02The sky that night
A new moon watched over you.
1% lit · 0.8 days into its cycle
Looking up from Corigliano Calabro that evening, you could have spotted Mars, Jupiter, Saturn without a telescope.
It was winter in your half of the world.
The Moon was 359,173 km away — closer than usual.
03On every radio
The chart-topper that week: “How Deep Is Your Love”
by Bee Gees — number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for 3 weeks, taking over from “You Light Up My Life”.
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04What a dollar bought
Your first receipt.
Italy’s shop prices from 1978 aren’t in the records we use, so here is what the same basket cost in the US that day.
GENERAL STORE
PRICES IN THE U.S. · 1978-01-09
BREAD COSTS 5.4× 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
2,547 weeks of them
0
full moons
have risen since your first night
0.00B
km travelled
48 laps around the Sun
06Born under
A Monday's child, under Capricorn.
Star sign
Capricorn
Earth sign
Chinese zodiac
Snake
Fire Snake
Birthstone
Garnet
for your month
Birth flower
Carnation
for your month
Generation
Generation X
1965–1980
Day of the week
Monday
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