Rewinding to Tuesday, June 17, 1980…
Tuesday · Lynwood, California, United States
Venus, you arrived on June 17, 1980 in Lynwood.
Scroll back in time ↓01The weather outside
A high of 81°F in Lynwood.
81°F/ 27°C high
Low of 63°F · dry
The sun rose at 5:41 am and set at 8:06 pm — 14h 25m of daylight.
Measured at the Los angeles downtown/UsC weather station, 5 km away (NOAA GHCN-Daily). Sunrise and sunset are calculated for this city.
Reconstructed from historical climate data — the closest thing we have to a weather time machine.
02The sky that night
A waxing crescent watched over you.
28% lit · 5.3 days into its cycle
Looking up from Lynwood that evening, you could have spotted Mercury, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus without a telescope.
It was summer in your half of the world.
The Moon was 247,528 miles away — farther than usual.
03On every radio
The chart-topper that week: “Funkytown”
by Lipps, Inc. — number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for 4 weeks, taking over from “Call Me”.
Tap the cover for a 30-second preview
04What a dollar bought
Your first receipt.
GENERAL STORE
LYNWOOD · 1980-06-17
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
2,420 weeks of them
0
full moons
have risen since your first night
0.00B
miles traveled
46 laps around the Sun
06Born under
A Tuesday's child, under Gemini.
Star sign
Gemini
Air sign
Chinese zodiac
Monkey
Metal Monkey
Birthstone
Pearl
for your month
Birth flower
Rose
for your month
Generation
Generation X
1965–1980
Day of the week
Tuesday
Apple Pay · Google Pay · card · one-time, no account
25,030 people opened their day this month
Give a day
Send someone their day.
A birthday, wedding or new-baby card. Their #1 song plays as the envelope opens, then your message, then their whole day, nothing sealed, with a certificate in their name.
Make a card · 9.99🎄 Or a Christmas card: it opens Christmas morning →One-time · they never see a price
Compare your day with someone’s →
Your mom, your partner, your best friend: add their birthday and see the world between your two days.
Everything about 1980 in the U.S.: prices, #1 songs, news →