Rewinding to Saturday, August 28, 1982…
Saturday · Jackson, Mississippi, United States
The world on August 28, 1982 in Jackson.
Scroll back in time ↓01The weather outside
A high of 93°F in Jackson.
93°F/ 34°C high
Low of 71°F · 0.15 in of precipitation · wind up to 5 mph
The sun rose at 6:33 am and set at 7:30 pm — 12h 57m of daylight.
02The sky that night
A waxing gibbous watched over you.
74% lit · 9.8 days into its cycle
Looking up from Jackson that evening, you could have spotted Mars, Jupiter, Saturn without a telescope.
It was summer in your half of the world.
The Moon was 251,430 miles away — farther than usual.
03On every radio
The chart-topper that week: “Eye Of The Tiger”
by Survivor — number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for 6 weeks, taking over from “Don't You Want Me”.
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04What a dollar bought
Your first receipt.
GENERAL STORE
JACKSON · 1982-08-28
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
2,306 weeks of them
0
full moons
have risen since your first night
0.00B
miles traveled
44 laps around the Sun
06Born under
A Saturday's child, under Virgo.
Star sign
Virgo
Earth sign
Chinese zodiac
Dog
Water Dog
Birthstone
Peridot
for your month
Birth flower
Gladiolus
for your month
Generation
Millennials
1981–1996
Day of the week
Saturday
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