Rewinding to Friday, December 7, 1979…
Friday · Louisville, Kentucky, United States
Jennifer, you arrived on December 7, 1979 in Louisville.
Scroll back in time ↓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
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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