Rewinding to Sunday 26 February 1984…
Sunday · Lomé, Maritime, Togo
The world on 26 February 1984 in Lomé.
Scroll back in time ↓01The weather outside
A high of 29°C in Lomé.
29°C/ 85°F high
Low of 26°C · dry · wind up to 18 km/h
The sun rose at 06:08 and set at 18:07 — 11h 59m of daylight.
02The sky that night
A waning crescent watched over you.
20% lit · 25.1 days into its cycle
No bright planets were above Lomé's horizon that evening — the moon had the sky to itself.
It was winter in your half of the world.
The Moon was 399,162 km away — farther than usual.
03On every radio
The chart-topper that week: “Jump”
by Van Halen — number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for 5 weeks, taking over from “Karma Chameleon”.
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04What a dollar bought
Your first receipt.
GENERAL STORE
PRICES IN THE U.S. · 1984-02-26
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
2,228 weeks of them
0
full moons
have risen since your first night
0.00B
km travelled
42 laps around the Sun
06Born under
A Sunday's child, under Pisces.
Star sign
Pisces
Water sign
Chinese zodiac
Rat
Wood Rat
Birthstone
Amethyst
for your month
Birth flower
Violet
for your month
Generation
Millennials
1981–1996
Day of the week
Sunday
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