Rewinding to Sunday 25 November 1979…
Sunday · Stockholm, Sweden
Joel, you arrived on 25 November 1979 in Stockholm.
Scroll back in time ↓01The weather outside
A high of 5°C in Stockholm.
5°C/ 40°F high
Low of 1°C · 6.5 mm of rain
The sun rose at 08:03 and set at 15:05 — 7h 2m of daylight.
02The sky that night
A waxing crescent watched over you.
38% lit · 6.3 days into its cycle
No bright planets were above Stockholm's horizon that evening — the moon had the sky to itself.
It was autumn in your half of the world.
The Moon was 371,985 km away — closer than usual.
03On every radio
The chart-topper that week: “No More Tears (Enough Is Enough)”
by Barbra Streisand/Donna Summer — number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for 2 weeks, taking over from “Still”.
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04What a dollar bought
Your first receipt.
GENERAL STORE
PRICES IN THE U.S. · 1979-11-25
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
2,450 weeks of them
0
full moons
have risen since your first night
0.00B
km travelled
46 laps around the Sun
06Born under
A Sunday's child, under Sagittarius.
Star sign
Sagittarius
Fire sign
Chinese zodiac
Goat
Earth Goat
Birthstone
Topaz
for your month
Birth flower
Chrysanthemum
for your month
Generation
Generation X
1965–1980
Day of the week
Sunday
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