Rewinding to Monday, December 18, 1978…

Monday · Toledo, Ohio, United States

Katie, you arrived on December 18, 1978 in Toledo.

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01The weather outside

It was overcast in Toledo.

40°F/ 5°C high

Low of 27°F · dry · wind up to 13 mph

The sun rose at 7:55 am and set at 5:05 pm — 9h 9m of daylight.

02The sky that night

A waning gibbous watched over you.

82% lit · 18.9 days into its cycle

Looking up from Toledo that evening, you could have spotted Jupiter without a telescope.

It was winter in your half of the world.

The Moon was 251,990 miles away — farther than usual.

03On every radio

The chart-topper that week: “You Don't Bring Me Flowers”

by Barbra Streisand & Neil Diamond — number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for 2 weeks, taking over from “Le Freak”.

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04What a dollar bought

Your first receipt.

GENERAL STORE

TOLEDO · 1978-12-18

ITEM1978TODAYLoaf of white breadper lb≈$0.37$1.83Dozen eggsgrade A large≈$0.46$2.27Gallon of milkwhole≈$0.83$4.11Gallon of gasregular unleaded$0.70$4.48Pound of coffeeground roast≈$1.88$9.33Minimum wagefederal, per hour$2.65$7.25Median new homeUS sale price$59,000$393,300Postage stampfirst-class letter$0.15$0.78

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

2,498 weeks of them

0

full moons

have risen since your first night

0.00B

miles traveled

47 laps around the Sun

06Born under

A Monday's child, under Sagittarius.

Star sign

Sagittarius

Fire sign

Chinese zodiac

Horse

Earth Horse

Birthstone

Turquoise

for your month

Birth flower

Narcissus

for your month

Generation

Generation X

1965–1980

Day of the week

Monday

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