Rewinding to Tuesday, October 21, 1980…
Tuesday · Los Angeles, California, United States
The world on October 21, 1980 in Los Angeles.
Scroll back in time ↓01The weather outside
A high of 88°F in Los Angeles.
88°F/ 31°C high
Low of 65°F · dry
The sun rose at 7:03 am and set at 6:11 pm — 11h 8m 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 gibbous watched over you.
95% lit · 12.8 days into its cycle
No bright planets were above Los Angeles's horizon that evening — the moon had the sky to itself.
It was autumn in your half of the world.
The Moon was 222,896 miles away — closer than usual.
03On every radio
The chart-topper that week: “Another One Bites The Dust”
by Queen — number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for 3 weeks, taking over from “Upside Down”.
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04What a dollar bought
Your first receipt.
GENERAL STORE
LOS ANGELES · 1980-10-21
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
2,402 weeks of them
0
full moons
have risen since your first night
0.00B
miles travelled
46 laps around the Sun
06Born under
A Tuesday's child, under Libra.
Star sign
Libra
Air sign
Chinese zodiac
Monkey
Metal Monkey
Birthstone
Opal
for your month
Birth flower
Marigold
for your month
Generation
Generation X
1965–1980
Day of the week
Tuesday
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