Rewinding to Friday, August 18, 1978…

Friday · Berkeley, California, United States

Andy, you arrived on August 18, 1978 in Berkeley.

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01The weather outside

A high of 77°F in Berkeley.

77°F/ 25°C high

Low of 57°F · dry

The sun rose at 6:26 am and set at 7:58 pm — 13h 31m of daylight.

02The sky that night

A full moon watched over you.

99% lit · 15.6 days into its cycle

Looking up from Berkeley that evening, you could have spotted Venus and Mars without a telescope.

It was summer in your half of the world.

The Moon was 225,189 miles away — closer than usual.

03On every radio

The chart-topper that week: “Three Times A Lady”

by Commodores — number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for 2 weeks, taking over from “Miss You”.

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04What a dollar bought

Your first receipt.

GENERAL STORE

BERKELEY · 1978-08-18

ITEM1978TODAYLoaf of white breadper lb≈$0.36$1.83Dozen eggsgrade A large≈$0.45$2.27Gallon of milkwhole≈$0.80$4.11Gallon of gasregular unleaded$0.68$4.48Pound of coffeeground roast≈$1.83$9.33Minimum wagefederal, per hour$2.65$7.25Median new homeUS sale price$56,100$393,300Postage stampfirst-class letter$0.15$0.78

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

2,516 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 Leo.

Star sign

Leo

Fire sign

Chinese zodiac

Horse

Earth Horse

Birthstone

Peridot

for your month

Birth flower

Gladiolus

for your month

Generation

Generation X

1965–1980

Day of the week

Friday

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