Rewinding to Wednesday 4 April 1979…
Wednesday · Perth, Western Australia, Australia
The world on 4 April 1979 in Perth.
Scroll back in time ↓01The weather outside
A high of 23°C in Perth.
23°C/ 74°F high
Low of 16°C · dry
The sun rose at 6:29 am and set at 6:09 pm — 11h 40m of daylight.
02The sky that night
A first quarter watched over you.
51% lit · 7.5 days into its cycle
Looking up from Perth that evening, you could have spotted Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus without a telescope.
It was autumn in your half of the world.
The Moon was 400,865 km away — farther than usual.
03On every radio
The chart-topper that week: “Tragedy”
by Bee Gees — number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for 2 weeks, taking over from “I Will Survive”.
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04What a dollar bought
Your first receipt.
GENERAL STORE
PRICES IN THE U.S. · 1979-04-04
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
2,483 weeks of them
0
full moons
have risen since your first night
0.00B
km travelled
47 laps around the Sun
06Born under
A Wednesday's child, under Aries.
Star sign
Aries
Fire sign
Chinese zodiac
Goat
Earth Goat
Birthstone
Diamond
for your month
Birth flower
Daisy
for your month
Generation
Generation X
1965–1980
Day of the week
Wednesday
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