Rewinding to Friday 25 January 1980…

Friday · Terrassa, Catalonia, Spain

Xavi, you arrived on 25 January 1980 in Terrassa.

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01The weather outside

A high of 20°C in Terrassa.

20°C/ 67°F high

Low of 8°C · dry

The sun rose at 08:10 and set at 17:57 — 9h 47m of daylight.

02The sky that night

A waxing gibbous watched over you.

64% lit · 8.7 days into its cycle

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

It was winter in your half of the world.

The Moon was 378,708 km away, right about average.

03On every radio

The chart-topper that week: “Rock With You”

by Michael Jackson — number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for 4 weeks, taking over from “Escape (The Pina Colada Song)”.

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04What a dollar bought

Your first receipt.

GENERAL STORE

PRICES IN THE U.S. · 1980-01-25

ITEM1980TODAYLoaf of white breadper lb$0.50$1.83Dozen eggsgrade A large$0.88$2.27Gallon of milkwhole≈$0.95$4.11Gallon of gasregular unleaded$1.13$4.48Pound of coffeeground roast$3.21$9.33Minimum wagefederal, per hour$3.10$7.25Median new homeUS sale price$63,700$393,300Postage stampfirst-class letter$0.15$0.78

BREAD COSTS 3.7× 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

2,441 weeks of them

0

full moons

have risen since your first night

0.00B

km travelled

46 laps around the Sun

06Born under

A Friday's child, under Aquarius.

Star sign

Aquarius

Air sign

Chinese zodiac

Goat

Earth Goat

Birthstone

Garnet

for your month

Birth flower

Carnation

for your month

Generation

Generation X

1965–1980

Day of the week

Friday

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