Rewinding to Friday, July 23, 1982…

Friday · New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States

Paul, you arrived on July 23, 1982 in New Brunswick.

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01The weather outside

A high of 85°F in New Brunswick.

85°F/ 29°C high

Low of 65°F · 0.05 in of precipitation · wind up to 7 mph

The sun rose at 5:46 am and set at 8:21 pm — 14h 35m of daylight.

02The sky that night

A waxing crescent watched over you.

14% lit · 3.6 days into its cycle

Looking up from New Brunswick that evening, you could have spotted Mars, Jupiter, Saturn without a telescope.

It was summer in your half of the world.

The Moon was 231,626 miles away — closer than usual.

03On every radio

The chart-topper that week: “Don't You Want Me”

by The Human League — number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for 3 weeks, taking over from “Ebony And Ivory”.

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04What a dollar bought

Your first receipt.

GENERAL STORE

NEW BRUNSWICK · 1982-07-23

ITEM1982TODAYLoaf of white breadper lb$0.53$1.83Dozen eggsgrade A large$0.85$2.27Gallon of milkwhole≈$1.19$4.11Gallon of gasregular unleaded$1.33$4.48Pound of coffeeground roast$2.50$9.33Minimum wagefederal, per hour$3.35$7.25Median new homeUS sale price$69,300$393,300Postage stampfirst-class letter$0.20$0.78

BREAD COSTS 3.4× 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

2,311 weeks of them

0

full moons

have risen since your first night

0.00B

miles traveled

44 laps around the Sun

06Born under

A Friday's child, under Leo.

Star sign

Leo

Fire sign

Chinese zodiac

Dog

Water Dog

Birthstone

Ruby

for your month

Birth flower

Larkspur

for your month

Generation

Millennials

1981–1996

Day of the week

Friday

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