Rewinding to Saturday 7 October 1978…
Saturday · Welwyn Garden City, England, United Kingdom
The world on 7 October 1978 in Welwyn Garden City.
Scroll back in time ↓01The weather outside
A high of 20°C in Welwyn Garden City.
20°C/ 68°F high
Low of 5°C · dry
The sun rose at 07:10 and set at 18:25 — 11h 15m of daylight.
02The sky that night
A waxing crescent watched over you.
33% lit · 5.7 days into its cycle
No bright planets were above Welwyn Garden City's horizon that evening — the moon had the sky to itself.
It was autumn in your half of the world.
The Moon was 231,748 miles away — closer than usual.
03On every radio
The chart-topper that week: “Kiss You All Over”
by Exile — number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for 4 weeks, taking over from “Boogie Oogie Oogie”.
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04What a pound bought
Your first receipt.
GENERAL STORE
PRICES IN UNITED KINGDOM · 1978-10-07
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
2,509 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 Libra.
Star sign
Libra
Air sign
Chinese zodiac
Horse
Earth Horse
Birthstone
Opal
for your month
Birth flower
Marigold
for your month
Generation
Generation X
1965–1980
Day of the week
Saturday
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