Rewinding to Tuesday 24 July 1979…
Tuesday · Balmain, New South Wales, Australia
The world on 24 July 1979 in Balmain.
Scroll back in time ↓01The weather outside
A high of 17°C in Balmain.
17°C/ 62°F high
Low of 8°C · dry
The sun rose at 6:54 am and set at 5:09 pm — 10h 16m of daylight.
02The sky that night
A new moon watched over you.
0% lit · 0.4 days into its cycle
No bright planets were above Balmain's horizon that evening — the moon had the sky to itself.
It was winter in your half of the world.
The Moon was 403,540 km away — farther than usual.
03On every radio
The chart-topper that week: “Bad Girls”
by Donna Summer — number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for 5 weeks, taking over from “Ring My Bell”.
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04What a dollar bought
Your first receipt.
GENERAL STORE
PRICES IN THE U.S. · 1979-07-24
BREAD COSTS 4.6× 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
2,467 weeks of them
0
full moons
have risen since your first night
0.00B
km travelled
47 laps around the Sun
06Born under
A Tuesday's child, under Leo.
Star sign
Leo
Fire sign
Chinese zodiac
Goat
Earth Goat
Birthstone
Ruby
for your month
Birth flower
Larkspur
for your month
Generation
Generation X
1965–1980
Day of the week
Tuesday
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