Rewinding to Saturday, September 12, 1981…
Saturday · Chicago, Illinois, United States
The world on September 12, 1981 in Chicago.
Scroll back in time ↓01The weather outside
A high of 72°F in Chicago.
72°F/ 22°C high
Low of 66°F · dry · wind up to 12 mph
The sun rose at 6:27 am and set at 7:05 pm — 12h 38m of daylight.
Daily estimates from NASA POWER on a regional grid, using local solar days. Sunrise and sunset are calculated for this city.
Reconstructed from historical climate data — the closest thing we have to a weather time machine.
02The sky that night
A waxing gibbous watched over you.
99% lit · 13.6 days into its cycle
No bright planets were above Chicago's horizon that evening — the moon had the sky to itself.
It was autumn in your half of the world.
The Moon was 233,321 miles away — closer than usual.
03On every radio
The chart-topper that week: “Endless Love”
by Diana Ross & Lionel Richie — number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for 9 weeks, taking over from “Jessie's Girl”.
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04What a dollar bought
Your first receipt.
GENERAL STORE
CHICAGO · 1981-09-12
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
2,356 weeks of them
0
full moons
have risen since your first night
0.00B
miles traveled
45 laps around the Sun
06Born under
A Saturday's child, under Virgo.
Star sign
Virgo
Earth sign
Chinese zodiac
Rooster
Metal Rooster
Birthstone
Sapphire
for your month
Birth flower
Aster
for your month
Generation
Millennials
1981–1996
Day of the week
Saturday
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