Rewinding to Friday, May 22, 1981…

Friday · Aberdeen, Washington, United States

The world on May 22, 1981 in Aberdeen.

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01The weather outside

A high of 62°F in Aberdeen.

62°F/ 17°C high

Low of 48°F · 0.02 in of precipitation · wind up to 5 mph

The sun rose at 5:32 am and set at 8:52 pm — 15h 20m of daylight.

02The sky that night

A waning gibbous watched over you.

85% lit · 18.6 days into its cycle

Looking up from Aberdeen that evening, you could have spotted Mercury, Venus, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus without a telescope.

It was spring in your half of the world.

The Moon was 246,574 miles away — farther than usual.

03On every radio

The chart-topper that week: “Bette Davis Eyes”

by Kim Carnes — number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for 9 weeks, taking over from “Morning Train (Nine To Five)”.

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04What a dollar bought

Your first receipt.

GENERAL STORE

ABERDEEN · 1981-05-22

ITEM1981TODAYLoaf of white breadper lb$0.53$1.83Dozen eggsgrade A large$0.84$2.27Gallon of milkwhole≈$1.10$4.11Gallon of gasregular unleaded$1.40$4.48Pound of coffeeground roast$2.54$9.33Minimum wagefederal, per hour$3.35$7.25Median new homeUS sale price$69,400$393,300Postage stampfirst-class letter$0.18$0.78

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

2,372 weeks of them

0

full moons

have risen since your first night

0.00B

miles traveled

45 laps around the Sun

06Born under

A Friday's child, under Gemini.

Star sign

Gemini

Air sign

Chinese zodiac

Rooster

Metal Rooster

Birthstone

Emerald

for your month

Birth flower

Lily of the valley

for your month

Generation

Millennials

1981–1996

Day of the week

Friday

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