Rewinding to Friday, July 21, 1978…
Friday · Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States
The world on July 21, 1978 in Saint Paul.
Scroll back in time ↓01The weather outside
A high of 71°F in Saint Paul.
71°F/ 22°C high
Low of 61°F · 0.59 in of rain
The sun rose at 5:45 am and set at 8:51 pm — 15h 5m of daylight.
02The sky that night
A waning gibbous watched over you.
94% lit · 17 days into its cycle
Looking up from Saint Paul that evening, you could have spotted Mercury, Venus, Mars, Saturn, Uranus without a telescope.
It was summer in your half of the world.
The Moon was 224,664 miles away — closer than usual.
03On every radio
The chart-topper that week: “Shadow Dancing”
by Andy Gibb — number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for 7 weeks, taking over from “You're The One That I Want”.
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04What a dollar bought
Your first receipt.
GENERAL STORE
SAINT PAUL · 1978-07-21
BREAD COSTS 5.1× 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
2,520 weeks of them
0
full moons
have risen since your first night
0.00B
miles traveled
48 laps around the Sun
06Born under
A Friday's child, under Cancer.
Star sign
Cancer
Water sign
Chinese zodiac
Horse
Earth Horse
Birthstone
Ruby
for your month
Birth flower
Larkspur
for your month
Generation
Generation X
1965–1980
Day of the week
Friday
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