Rewinding to Thursday 7 April 1983…
Thursday · Boulogne-sur-Mer, Hauts-de-France, France
Franck, you arrived on 7 April 1983 in Boulogne-sur-Mer.
Scroll back in time ↓01The weather outside
A high of 9°C in Boulogne-sur-Mer.
9°C/ 48°F high
Low of 3°C · 1.7 mm of precipitation · wind up to 27 km/h
The sun rose at 07:17 and set at 20:34 — 13h 17m of daylight.
02The sky that night
A waning crescent watched over you.
28% lit · 24.3 days into its cycle
Looking up from Boulogne-sur-Mer that evening, you could have spotted Mercury, Venus, Mars without a telescope.
It was spring in your half of the world.
The Moon was 403,749 km away — farther than usual.
03On every radio
The chart-topper that week: “Billie Jean”
by Michael Jackson — number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for 7 weeks, taking over from “Baby, Come To Me”.
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04What a dollar bought
Your first receipt.
GENERAL STORE
PRICES IN THE U.S. · 1983-04-07
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
2,274 weeks of them
0
full moons
have risen since your first night
0.00B
km travelled
43 laps around the Sun
06Born under
A Thursday's child, under Aries.
Star sign
Aries
Fire sign
Chinese zodiac
Pig
Water Pig
Birthstone
Diamond
for your month
Birth flower
Daisy
for your month
Generation
Millennials
1981–1996
Day of the week
Thursday
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