Rewinding to Tuesday 22 August 1978…
Tuesday · Hillingdon, England, United Kingdom
James, you arrived on 22 August 1978 in Hillingdon.
Scroll back in time ↓01The weather outside
A high of 21°C in Hillingdon.
21°C/ 69°F high
Low of 14°C · dry
The sun rose at 05:57 and set at 20:10 — 14h 13m of daylight.
02The sky that night
A waning gibbous watched over you.
76% lit · 19.6 days into its cycle
No bright planets were above Hillingdon's horizon that evening — the moon had the sky to itself.
It was summer in your half of the world.
The Moon was 237,185 miles away, right about average.
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 pound bought
Your first receipt.
GENERAL STORE
PRICES IN UNITED KINGDOM · 1978-08-22
Measured shop prices
Prices: Office for National Statistics (UK)
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
2,515 weeks of them
0
full moons
have risen since your first night
0.00B
miles traveled
48 laps around the Sun
06Born under
A Tuesday'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
Tuesday
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