Rewinding to Wednesday, December 3, 1980…
Wednesday · Chicago, Illinois, United States
The world on December 3, 1980 in Chicago.
Scroll back in time ↓01The weather outside
A high of 28°F in Chicago.
28°F/ -2°C high
Low of 17°F · dry
The sun rose at 7:00 am and set at 4:20 pm — 9h 19m of daylight.
02The sky that night
A waning crescent watched over you.
11% lit · 26.4 days into its cycle
No bright planets were above Chicago's horizon that evening — the moon had the sky to itself.
It was winter in your half of the world.
The Moon was 251,770 miles away — farther than usual.
03On every radio
The chart-topper that week: “Lady”
by Kenny Rogers — number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for 6 weeks, taking over from “Woman In Love”.
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04What a dollar bought
Your first receipt.
GENERAL STORE
CHICAGO · 1980-12-03
BREAD COSTS 3.5× 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
2,396 weeks of them
0
full moons
have risen since your first night
0.00B
miles traveled
45 laps around the Sun
06Born under
A Wednesday's child, under Sagittarius.
Star sign
Sagittarius
Fire sign
Chinese zodiac
Monkey
Metal Monkey
Birthstone
Turquoise
for your month
Birth flower
Narcissus
for your month
Generation
Generation X
1965–1980
Day of the week
Wednesday
And so much more you’d never guess or remember.
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