Rewinding to Saturday, April 15, 1978…

Saturday · San Juan, Puerto Rico

Luis, you arrived on April 15, 1978 in San Juan.

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01The weather outside

It was mostly clear in San Juan.

86°F/ 30°C high

Low of 73°F · dry · wind up to 10 mph

The sun rose at 6:07 am and set at 6:41 pm — 12h 34m of daylight.

02The sky that night

A first quarter watched over you.

55% lit · 7.8 days into its cycle

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

It was spring in your half of the world.

The Moon was 250,263 miles away — farther than usual.

03On every radio

The chart-topper that week: “Night Fever”

by Bee Gees — number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for 8 weeks, taking over from “(Love Is) Thicker Than Water”.

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04What a dollar bought

Your first receipt.

GENERAL STORE

PRICES IN THE U.S. · 1978-04-15

ITEM1978TODAYLoaf of white breadper lb≈$0.35$1.83Dozen eggsgrade A large≈$0.43$2.27Gallon of milkwhole≈$0.78$4.11Gallon of gasregular unleaded$0.65$4.48Pound of coffeeground roast≈$1.77$9.33Minimum wagefederal, per hour$2.65$7.25Median new homeUS sale price$55,300$393,300Postage stampfirst-class letter$0.13$0.78

BREAD COSTS 5.2× 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

2,534 weeks of them

0

full moons

have risen since your first night

0.00B

miles traveled

48 laps around the Sun

06Born under

A Saturday's child, under Aries.

Star sign

Aries

Fire sign

Chinese zodiac

Horse

Earth Horse

Birthstone

Diamond

for your month

Birth flower

Daisy

for your month

Generation

Generation X

1965–1980

Day of the week

Saturday

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