Rewinding to Saturday, October 14, 1978…
Saturday · Dallas, Texas, United States
Usher, you arrived on October 14, 1978 in Dallas.
Scroll back in time ↓01The weather outside
A high of 73°F in Dallas.
73°F/ 23°C high
Low of 42°F · dry
The sun rose at 7:30 am and set at 6:55 pm — 11h 25m of daylight.
Measured at the Dallas faa ap weather station, 7 km away (NOAA GHCN-Daily). Sunrise and sunset are calculated for this city.
Reconstructed from historical climate data — the closest thing we have to a weather time machine.
02The sky that night
A waxing gibbous watched over you.
98% lit · 13.5 days into its cycle
No bright planets were above Dallas's horizon that evening — the moon had the sky to itself.
It was autumn in your half of the world.
The Moon was 232,208 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 dollar bought
Your first receipt.
GENERAL STORE
DALLAS · 1978-10-14
BREAD COSTS 4.9× 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
2,508 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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