Rewinding to Friday 26 December 1980…
Friday · Seoul, South Korea
The world on 26 December 1980 in Seoul.
Scroll back in time ↓01The weather outside
A high of -4°C in Seoul.
-4°C/ 25°F high
Low of -9°C · dry
The sun rose at 07:45 and set at 17:19 — 9h 35m of daylight.
02The sky that night
A waning gibbous watched over you.
76% lit · 19.6 days into its cycle
No bright planets were above Seoul's horizon that evening — the moon had the sky to itself.
It was winter in your half of the world.
The Moon was 392,431 km 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
PRICES IN THE U.S. · 1980-12-26
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
2,393 weeks of them
0
full moons
have risen since your first night
0.00B
km travelled
45 laps around the Sun
06Born under
A Friday's child, under Capricorn.
Star sign
Capricorn
Earth 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
Friday
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