Rewinding to Friday 3 February 1978…

Friday · Beirut, Lebanon

Amal, you arrived on 3 February 1978 in Beirut.

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01The weather outside

A high of 10°C in Beirut.

10°C/ 50°F high

Low of 6°C · 3.0 mm of rain

The sun rose at 06:33 and set at 17:10 — 10h 36m of daylight.

02The sky that night

A waning crescent watched over you.

20% lit · 25.2 days into its cycle

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

It was winter in your half of the world.

The Moon was 364,550 km away — closer than usual.

03On every radio

The chart-topper that week: “Baby Come Back”

by Player — number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for 3 weeks, taking over from “How Deep Is Your Love”.

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04What a dollar bought

Your first receipt.

GENERAL STORE

PRICES IN THE U.S. · 1978-02-03

ITEM1978TODAYLoaf of white breadper lb≈$0.34$1.83Dozen eggsgrade A large≈$0.43$2.27Gallon of milkwhole≈$0.77$4.11Gallon of gasregular unleaded$0.65$4.48Pound of coffeeground roast≈$1.75$9.33Minimum wagefederal, per hour$2.65$7.25Median new homeUS sale price$53,000$393,300Postage stampfirst-class letter$0.13$0.78

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

2,544 weeks of them

0

full moons

have risen since your first night

0.00B

km travelled

48 laps around the Sun

06Born under

A Friday's child, under Aquarius.

Star sign

Aquarius

Air sign

Chinese zodiac

Snake

Fire Snake

Birthstone

Amethyst

for your month

Birth flower

Violet

for your month

Generation

Generation X

1965–1980

Day of the week

Friday

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