Rewinding to Friday, December 7, 1979…

Friday · Louisville, Kentucky, United States

The world on December 7, 1979 in Louisville.

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01The weather outside

A high of 50°F in Louisville.

50°F/ 10°C high

Low of 33°F · 0.02 in of rain

The sun rose at 7:45 am and set at 5:22 pm — 9h 37m of daylight.

02The sky that night

A waning gibbous watched over you.

81% lit · 19 days into its cycle

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

It was winter in your half of the world.

The Moon was 246,878 miles away — farther 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

LOUISVILLE · 1979-12-07

ITEM1979TODAYLoaf of white breadper lb≈$0.42$1.83Dozen eggsgrade A large≈$0.52$2.27Gallon of milkwhole≈$0.94$4.11Gallon of gasregular unleaded$1.06$4.48Pound of coffeeground roast≈$2.13$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 4.4× 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

2,448 weeks of them

0

full moons

have risen since your first night

0.00B

miles traveled

46 laps around the Sun

06Born under

A Friday's child, under Sagittarius.

Star sign

Sagittarius

Fire sign

Chinese zodiac

Goat

Earth Goat

Birthstone

Turquoise

for your month

Birth flower

Narcissus

for your month

Generation

Generation X

1965–1980

Day of the week

Friday

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