Rewinding to Friday 14 August 1981…
Friday · Kumasi, Ashanti Region, Ghana
The world on 14 August 1981 in Kumasi.
Scroll back in time ↓01The weather outside
A high of 27°C in Kumasi.
27°C/ 81°F high
Low of 20°C · 6.1 mm of precipitation · wind up to 17 km/h
The sun rose at 06:00 and set at 18:21 — 12h 20m of daylight.
02The sky that night
A full moon watched over you.
99% lit · 13.9 days into its cycle
No bright planets were above Kumasi's horizon that evening — the moon had the sky to itself.
It was summer in your half of the world.
The Moon was 385,153 km away, right about average.
03On every radio
The chart-topper that week: “Jessie's Girl”
by Rick Springfield — number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for 2 weeks, taking over from “The One That You Love”.
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04What a dollar bought
Your first receipt.
GENERAL STORE
PRICES IN THE U.S. · 1981-08-14
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
2,360 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 Leo.
Star sign
Leo
Fire sign
Chinese zodiac
Rooster
Metal Rooster
Birthstone
Peridot
for your month
Birth flower
Gladiolus
for your month
Generation
Millennials
1981–1996
Day of the week
Friday
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