Rewinding to Wednesday 17 October 1979…

Wednesday · Espoo, Uusimaa, Finland

Kimi, you arrived on 17 October 1979 in Espoo.

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01The weather outside

A high of 10°C in Espoo.

10°C/ 50°F high

Low of 6°C · 2.2 mm of rain

The sun rose at 07:04 and set at 17:08 — 10h 4m of daylight.

02The sky that night

A waning crescent watched over you.

10% lit · 26.5 days into its cycle

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

It was autumn in your half of the world.

The Moon was 405,046 km away — farther than usual.

03On every radio

The chart-topper that week: “Don't Stop 'til You Get Enough”

by Michael Jackson — number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for 1 week, taking over from “Sad Eyes”.

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04What a dollar bought

Your first receipt.

GENERAL STORE

PRICES IN THE U.S. · 1979-10-17

ITEM1979TODAYLoaf of white breadper lb≈$0.41$1.83Dozen eggsgrade A large≈$0.51$2.27Gallon of milkwhole≈$0.92$4.11Gallon of gasregular unleaded$1.03$4.48Pound of coffeeground roast≈$2.09$9.33Minimum wagefederal, per hour$2.90$7.25Median new homeUS sale price$62,600$393,300Postage stampfirst-class letter$0.15$0.78

BREAD COSTS 4.5× 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

2,455 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 Libra.

Star sign

Libra

Air sign

Chinese zodiac

Goat

Earth Goat

Birthstone

Opal

for your month

Birth flower

Marigold

for your month

Generation

Generation X

1965–1980

Day of the week

Wednesday

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