Rewinding to Thursday 19 March 1981…
Thursday · Bouaké, Vallée du Bandama District, Côte d’Ivoire
Kolo, you arrived on 19 March 1981 in Bouaké.
Scroll back in time ↓01The weather outside
A high of 31°C in Bouaké.
31°C/ 88°F high
Low of 23°C · 3.5 mm of precipitation · wind up to 22 km/h
The sun rose at 06:24 and set at 18:31 — 12h 6m of daylight.
02The sky that night
A full moon watched over you.
99% lit · 14.1 days into its cycle
Looking up from Bouaké that evening, you could have spotted Jupiter and Saturn without a telescope.
It was spring in your half of the world.
The Moon was 398,424 km away — farther than usual.
03On every radio
The chart-topper that week: “9 To 5”
by Dolly Parton — number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for 2 weeks, taking over from “I Love A Rainy Night”.
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04What a dollar bought
Your first receipt.
GENERAL STORE
PRICES IN THE U.S. · 1981-03-19
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
2,381 weeks of them
0
full moons
have risen since your first night
0.00B
km travelled
45 laps around the Sun
06Born under
A Thursday's child, under Pisces.
Star sign
Pisces
Water sign
Chinese zodiac
Rooster
Metal Rooster
Birthstone
Aquamarine
for your month
Birth flower
Daffodil
for your month
Generation
Millennials
1981–1996
Day of the week
Thursday
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