Rewinding to Saturday, October 20, 1979…
Saturday · Newton, Massachusetts, United States
The world on October 20, 1979 in Newton.
Scroll back in time ↓01The weather outside
A high of 72°F in Newton.
72°F/ 22°C high
Low of 51°F · dry
The sun rose at 7:02 am and set at 5:55 pm — 10h 53m of daylight.
02The sky that night
A new moon watched over you.
0% lit · 29.5 days into its cycle
No bright planets were above Newton's horizon that evening — the moon had the sky to itself.
It was autumn in your half of the world.
The Moon was 247,704 miles away — farther than usual.
03On every radio
The chart-topper that week: “Rise”
by Herb Alpert — number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for 2 weeks, taking over from “Don't Stop 'til You Get Enough”.
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04What a dollar bought
Your first receipt.
GENERAL STORE
NEWTON · 1979-10-20
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
miles traveled
47 laps around the Sun
06Born under
A Saturday'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
Saturday
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