Rewinding to Tuesday 7 November 1978…

Tuesday · Camberwell, England, United Kingdom

The world on 7 November 1978 in Camberwell.

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01The weather outside

A high of 17°C in Camberwell.

17°C/ 62°F high

Low of 6°C · dry

The sun rose at 07:03 and set at 16:23 — 9h 20m of daylight.

02The sky that night

A first quarter watched over you.

52% lit · 7.6 days into its cycle

No bright planets were above Camberwell's horizon that evening — the moon had the sky to itself.

It was autumn in your half of the world.

The Moon was 230,354 miles away — closer than usual.

03On every radio

The chart-topper that week: “You Needed Me”

by Anne Murray — number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for 1 week, taking over from “Hot Child In The City”.

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04What a pound bought

Your first receipt.

GENERAL STORE

PRICES IN UNITED KINGDOM · 1978-11-07

ITEM1978TODAYSliced white loaf800 g£0.26£1.44Litre of milkfresh£0.23£1.17Kilo of flourwheat£0.24£0.57Kilo of bananas1 kg£0.48£1.05Kilo of sugarwhite£0.28£1.18Kilo of chickenwhole£1.18£3.87

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

2,504 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 Scorpio.

Star sign

Scorpio

Water sign

Chinese zodiac

Horse

Earth Horse

Birthstone

Topaz

for your month

Birth flower

Chrysanthemum

for your month

Generation

Generation X

1965–1980

Day of the week

Tuesday

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