Rewinding to Thursday, April 12, 1979…
Thursday · Chicago, Illinois, United States
Jennifer, you arrived on April 12, 1979 in Chicago.
Scroll back in time ↓01The weather outside
A high of 72°F in Chicago.
72°F/ 22°C high
Low of 38°F · 1.18 in of rain
The sun rose at 5:16 am and set at 6:27 pm — 13h 12m of daylight.
02The sky that night
A full moon watched over you.
100% lit · 15.3 days into its cycle
Looking up from Chicago that evening, you could have spotted Jupiter and Saturn without a telescope.
It was spring in your half of the world.
The Moon was 242,805 miles away, right about average.
03On every radio
The chart-topper that week: “I Will Survive”
by Gloria Gaynor — number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for 3 weeks, taking over from “Tragedy”.
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04What a dollar bought
Your first receipt.
GENERAL STORE
CHICAGO · 1979-04-12
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
2,482 weeks of them
0
full moons
have risen since your first night
0.00B
miles traveled
47 laps around the Sun
06Born under
A Thursday'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
Thursday
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