Rewinding to Tuesday 9 June 1981…
Tuesday · London, England, United Kingdom
Anoushka, you arrived on 9 June 1981 in London.
Scroll back in time ↓01The weather outside
A high of 18°C in London.
18°C/ 64°F high
Low of 9°C · 1.2 mm of precipitation · wind up to 23 mph
The sun rose at 04:44 and set at 21:15 — 16h 31m of daylight.
02The sky that night
A first quarter watched over you.
54% lit · 7.7 days into its cycle
Looking up from London that evening, you could have spotted Mercury, Venus, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus without a telescope.
It was summer in your half of the world.
The Moon was 246,165 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 pound bought
Your first receipt.
GENERAL STORE
PRICES IN UNITED KINGDOM · 1981-06-09
Measured shop prices
Prices: Office for National Statistics (UK)
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
2,369 weeks of them
0
full moons
have risen since your first night
0.00B
miles traveled
45 laps around the Sun
06Born under
A Tuesday's child, under Gemini.
Star sign
Gemini
Air sign
Chinese zodiac
Rooster
Metal Rooster
Birthstone
Pearl
for your month
Birth flower
Rose
for your month
Generation
Millennials
1981–1996
Day of the week
Tuesday
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