Rewinding to Monday, September 29, 1980…

Monday · Lake Charles, Louisiana, United States

The world on September 29, 1980 in Lake Charles.

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01The weather outside

It was heavy drizzle in Lake Charles.

89°F/ 32°C high

Low of 76°F · 0.23 in of rain · wind up to 11 mph

The sun rose at 6:05 am and set at 6:00 pm — 11h 55m of daylight.

02The sky that night

A waning gibbous watched over you.

61% lit · 21.1 days into its cycle

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

It was autumn in your half of the world.

The Moon was 233,585 miles away — closer than usual.

03On every radio

The chart-topper that week: “Upside Down”

by Diana Ross — number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for 4 weeks, taking over from “Sailing”.

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04What a dollar bought

Your first receipt.

GENERAL STORE

LAKE CHARLES · 1980-09-29

ITEM1980TODAYLoaf of white breadper lb$0.51$1.83Dozen eggsgrade A large$0.90$2.27Gallon of milkwhole≈$1.02$4.11Gallon of gasregular unleaded$1.26$4.48Pound of coffeeground roast$3.16$9.33Minimum wagefederal, per hour$3.10$7.25Median new homeUS sale price$64,900$393,300Postage stampfirst-class letter$0.15$0.78

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

2,405 weeks of them

0

full moons

have risen since your first night

0.00B

miles traveled

46 laps around the Sun

06Born under

A Monday's child, under Libra.

Star sign

Libra

Air sign

Chinese zodiac

Monkey

Metal Monkey

Birthstone

Sapphire

for your month

Birth flower

Aster

for your month

Generation

Generation X

1965–1980

Day of the week

Monday

And so much more you’d never guess or remember.

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