Rewinding to Sunday 22 November 1981…
Sunday · Daegu, South Korea
The world on 22 November 1981 in Daegu.
Scroll back in time ↓01The weather outside
A high of 7°C in Daegu.
7°C/ 45°F high
Low of -5°C · dry · wind up to 11 km/h
The sun rose at 07:08 and set at 17:14 — 10h 6m of daylight.
02The sky that night
A waning crescent watched over you.
15% lit · 25.8 days into its cycle
No bright planets were above Daegu's horizon that evening — the moon had the sky to itself.
It was autumn in your half of the world.
The Moon was 400,273 km away — farther than usual.
03On every radio
The chart-topper that week: “Physical”
by Olivia Newton-John — number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for 10 weeks, taking over from “Private Eyes”.
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04What a dollar bought
Your first receipt.
GENERAL STORE
PRICES IN THE U.S. · 1981-11-22
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
2,346 weeks of them
0
full moons
have risen since your first night
0.00B
km travelled
44 laps around the Sun
06Born under
A Sunday's child, under Sagittarius.
Star sign
Sagittarius
Fire sign
Chinese zodiac
Rooster
Metal Rooster
Birthstone
Topaz
for your month
Birth flower
Chrysanthemum
for your month
Generation
Millennials
1981–1996
Day of the week
Sunday
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