Rewinding to Monday 23 January 1984…
Monday · Bedum, Groningen, Netherlands
Arjen, you arrived on 23 January 1984 in Bedum.
Scroll back in time ↓01The weather outside
A high of -1°C in Bedum.
-1°C/ 30°F high
Low of -3°C · 8.4 mm of precipitation · wind up to 53 km/h
The sun rose at 08:32 and set at 16:58 — 8h 26m of daylight.
02The sky that night
A waning gibbous watched over you.
65% lit · 20.7 days into its cycle
No bright planets were above Bedum's horizon that evening — the moon had the sky to itself.
It was winter in your half of the world.
The Moon was 370,623 km away — closer than usual.
03On every radio
The chart-topper that week: “Owner Of A Lonely Heart”
by Yes — number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for 2 weeks, taking over from “Say Say Say”.
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04What a dollar bought
Your first receipt.
GENERAL STORE
PRICES IN THE U.S. · 1984-01-23
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
2,232 weeks of them
0
full moons
have risen since your first night
0.00B
km travelled
42 laps around the Sun
06Born under
A Monday's child, under Aquarius.
Star sign
Aquarius
Air sign
Chinese zodiac
Pig
Water Pig
Birthstone
Garnet
for your month
Birth flower
Carnation
for your month
Generation
Millennials
1981–1996
Day of the week
Monday
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