Rewinding to Friday, May 4, 1979…
Friday · Laurel, Mississippi, United States
The world on May 4, 1979 in Laurel.
Scroll back in time ↓01The weather outside
It was light rain in Laurel.
82°F/ 28°C high
Low of 67°F · 0.12 in of rain · wind up to 8 mph
The sun rose at 5:08 am and set at 6:38 pm — 13h 30m of daylight.
02The sky that night
A first quarter watched over you.
59% lit · 8.2 days into its cycle
Looking up from Laurel that evening, you could have spotted Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus without a telescope.
It was spring in your half of the world.
The Moon was 251,133 miles away — farther than usual.
03On every radio
The chart-topper that week: “Heart Of Glass”
by Blondie — number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for 1 week, taking over from “Knock On Wood”.
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04What a dollar bought
Your first receipt.
GENERAL STORE
LAUREL · 1979-05-04
BREAD COSTS 4.7× 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
2,479 weeks of them
0
full moons
have risen since your first night
0.00B
miles traveled
47 laps around the Sun
06Born under
A Friday's child, under Taurus.
Star sign
Taurus
Earth sign
Chinese zodiac
Goat
Earth Goat
Birthstone
Emerald
for your month
Birth flower
Lily of the valley
for your month
Generation
Generation X
1965–1980
Day of the week
Friday
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