Rewinding to Friday 9 March 1979…

Friday · Guatemala City, Guatemala, Guatemala

The world on 9 March 1979 in Guatemala City.

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01The weather outside

A high of 22°C in Guatemala City.

22°C/ 72°F high

Low of 13°C · 5.5 mm of rain

The sun rose at 06:14 and set at 18:11 — 11h 57m of daylight.

02The sky that night

A waxing gibbous watched over you.

88% lit · 11.4 days into its cycle

Looking up from Guatemala City that evening, you could have spotted Jupiter and Saturn without a telescope.

It was spring in your half of the world.

The Moon was 405,844 km away — farther than usual.

03On every radio

The chart-topper that week: “Da Ya Think I'm Sexy?”

by Rod Stewart — number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for 4 weeks, taking over from “Le Freak”.

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04What a dollar bought

Your first receipt.

GENERAL STORE

PRICES IN THE U.S. · 1979-03-09

ITEM1979TODAYLoaf of white breadper lb≈$0.38$1.83Dozen eggsgrade A large≈$0.47$2.27Gallon of milkwhole≈$0.85$4.11Gallon of gasregular unleaded$0.76$4.48Pound of coffeeground roast≈$1.94$9.33Minimum wagefederal, per hour$2.90$7.25Median new homeUS sale price$60,600$393,300Postage stampfirst-class letter$0.15$0.78

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

2,487 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 Pisces.

Star sign

Pisces

Water sign

Chinese zodiac

Goat

Earth Goat

Birthstone

Aquamarine

for your month

Birth flower

Daffodil

for your month

Generation

Generation X

1965–1980

Day of the week

Friday

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