Rewinding to Friday 9 February 1979…
Friday · Beijing, China
The world on 9 February 1979 in Beijing.
Scroll back in time ↓01The weather outside
A high of 7°C in Beijing.
7°C/ 44°F high
Low of -5°C · dry
The sun rose at 07:15 and set at 17:42 — 10h 27m of daylight.
02The sky that night
A waxing gibbous watched over you.
94% lit · 12.5 days into its cycle
Looking up from Beijing that evening, you could have spotted Jupiter and Saturn without a telescope.
It was winter in your half of the world.
The Moon was 405,525 km away — farther than usual.
03On every radio
The chart-topper that week: “Le Freak”
by Chic — number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for 6 weeks, taking over from “Too Much Heaven”.
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04What a dollar bought
Your first receipt.
GENERAL STORE
PRICES IN THE U.S. · 1979-02-09
BREAD COSTS 4.8× 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
2,491 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 Aquarius.
Star sign
Aquarius
Air sign
Chinese zodiac
Goat
Earth Goat
Birthstone
Amethyst
for your month
Birth flower
Violet
for your month
Generation
Generation X
1965–1980
Day of the week
Friday
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