Rewinding to Tuesday 7 August 1979…

Tuesday · Paraćin Old Town, Central Serbia, Serbia

Nenad, you arrived on 7 August 1979 in Paraćin Old Town.

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01The weather outside

A high of 30°C in Paraćin Old Town.

30°C/ 86°F high

Low of 10°C · dry

The sun rose at 04:28 and set at 18:51 — 14h 23m of daylight.

02The sky that night

A full moon watched over you.

100% lit · 14.4 days into its cycle

No bright planets were above Paraćin Old Town's horizon that evening — the moon had the sky to itself.

It was summer in your half of the world.

The Moon was 358,633 km away — closer than usual, a supermoon.

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. · 1979-08-07

ITEM1979TODAYLoaf of white breadper lb≈$0.40$1.83Dozen eggsgrade A large≈$0.50$2.27Gallon of milkwhole≈$0.90$4.11Gallon of gasregular unleaded$0.99$4.48Pound of coffeeground roast≈$2.05$9.33Minimum wagefederal, per hour$2.90$7.25Median new homeUS sale price$64,700$393,300Postage stampfirst-class letter$0.15$0.78

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

2,465 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

Peridot

for your month

Birth flower

Gladiolus

for your month

Generation

Generation X

1965–1980

Day of the week

Tuesday

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