Rewinding to Thursday 30 June 1983…
Thursday · Newcastle upon Tyne, England, United Kingdom
The world on 30 June 1983 in Newcastle upon Tyne.
Scroll back in time ↓01The weather outside
A high of 15°C in Newcastle upon Tyne.
15°C/ 58°F high
Low of 9°C · 1.2 mm of precipitation · wind up to 13 mph
The sun rose at 04:30 and set at 21:48 — 17h 18m of daylight.
02The sky that night
A waning gibbous watched over you.
75% lit · 19.7 days into its cycle
Looking up from Newcastle upon Tyne that evening, you could have spotted Venus, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus without a telescope.
It was summer in your half of the world.
The Moon was 250,941 miles away — farther than usual.
03On every radio
The chart-topper that week: “Flashdance...What A Feeling”
by Irene Cara — number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for 6 weeks, taking over from “Let's Dance”.
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04What a pound bought
Your first receipt.
GENERAL STORE
PRICES IN UNITED KINGDOM · 1983-06-30
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
2,262 weeks of them
0
full moons
have risen since your first night
0.00B
miles traveled
43 laps around the Sun
06Born under
A Thursday's child, under Cancer.
Star sign
Cancer
Water sign
Chinese zodiac
Pig
Water Pig
Birthstone
Pearl
for your month
Birth flower
Rose
for your month
Generation
Millennials
1981–1996
Day of the week
Thursday
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