Rewinding to Thursday 28 October 1982…
Thursday · Northampton, England, United Kingdom
Matt, you arrived on 28 October 1982 in Northampton.
Scroll back in time ↓01The weather outside
A high of 13°C in Northampton.
13°C/ 55°F high
Low of 3°C · dry · wind up to 11 mph
The sun rose at 06:51 and set at 16:42 — 9h 52m of daylight.
02The sky that night
A waxing gibbous watched over you.
85% lit · 11 days into its cycle
No bright planets were above Northampton's horizon that evening — the moon had the sky to itself.
It was autumn in your half of the world.
The Moon was 241,325 miles away, right about average.
03On every radio
The chart-topper that week: “Jack & Diane”
by John Cougar — number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for 4 weeks, taking over from “Abracadabra”.
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04What a pound bought
Your first receipt.
GENERAL STORE
PRICES IN UNITED KINGDOM · 1982-10-28
Measured shop prices
Prices: Office for National Statistics (UK)
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
2,297 weeks of them
0
full moons
have risen since your first night
0.00B
miles traveled
44 laps around the Sun
06Born under
A Thursday's child, under Scorpio.
Star sign
Scorpio
Water sign
Chinese zodiac
Dog
Water Dog
Birthstone
Opal
for your month
Birth flower
Marigold
for your month
Generation
Millennials
1981–1996
Day of the week
Thursday
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