Rewinding to Friday, November 17, 1978…
Friday · London, Ontario, Canada
The world on November 17, 1978 in London.
Scroll back in time ↓01The weather outside
Looking up the weather in London…
02The sky that night
A waning gibbous watched over you.
90% lit · 17.8 days into its cycle
No bright planets were above London's horizon that evening — the moon had the sky to itself.
It was autumn in your half of the world.
The Moon was 400,335 km away — farther than usual.
03On every radio
The chart-topper that week: “MacArthur Park”
by Donna Summer — number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for 3 weeks, taking over from “You Needed Me”.
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04What a dollar bought
Your first receipt.
GENERAL STORE
PRICES IN THE U.S. · 1978-11-17
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
2,503 weeks of them
0
full moons
have risen since your first night
0.00B
km travelled
47 laps around the Sun
06Born under
A Friday'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
Friday
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