Rewinding to Wednesday, February 11, 1981…
Wednesday · Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Kelly, you arrived on February 11, 1981 in Atlanta.
Scroll back in time ↓01The weather outside
A high of 63°F in Atlanta.
63°F/ 17°C high
Low of 16°F · 0.58 in of precipitation · wind up to 21 mph
The sun rose at 7:25 am and set at 6:18 pm — 10h 52m of daylight.
02The sky that night
A first quarter watched over you.
54% lit · 7.7 days into its cycle
No bright planets were above Atlanta's horizon that evening — the moon had the sky to itself.
It was winter in your half of the world.
The Moon was 230,829 miles away — closer than usual.
03On every radio
The chart-topper that week: “Celebration”
by Kool & The Gang — number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for 2 weeks, taking over from “The Tide Is High”.
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04What a dollar bought
Your first receipt.
GENERAL STORE
ATLANTA · 1981-02-11
BREAD COSTS 3.4× 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
2,386 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 Aquarius.
Star sign
Aquarius
Air sign
Chinese zodiac
Rooster
Metal Rooster
Birthstone
Amethyst
for your month
Birth flower
Violet
for your month
Generation
Millennials
1981–1996
Day of the week
Wednesday
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