Rewinding to Friday, March 7, 1980…
Friday · Watchung, New Jersey, United States
The world on March 7, 1980 in Watchung.
Scroll back in time ↓01The weather outside
A high of 45°F in Watchung.
45°F/ 7°C high
Low of 32°F · 0.01 in of rain
The sun rose at 6:22 am and set at 5:56 pm — 11h 34m of daylight.
02The sky that night
A waning gibbous watched over you.
69% lit · 20.3 days into its cycle
Looking up from Watchung that evening, you could have spotted Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn without a telescope.
It was spring in your half of the world.
The Moon was 246,892 miles away — farther than usual.
03On every radio
The chart-topper that week: “Crazy Little Thing Called Love”
by Queen — number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for 4 weeks, taking over from “Do That To Me One More Time”.
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04What a dollar bought
Your first receipt.
GENERAL STORE
WATCHUNG · 1980-03-07
BREAD COSTS 3.6× 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
2,435 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 Pisces.
Star sign
Pisces
Water sign
Chinese zodiac
Monkey
Metal Monkey
Birthstone
Aquamarine
for your month
Birth flower
Daffodil
for your month
Generation
Generation X
1965–1980
Day of the week
Friday
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