Rewinding to Thursday, October 25, 1984…
Thursday · Santa Barbara, California, United States
Katy, you arrived on October 25, 1984 in Santa Barbara.
Scroll back in time ↓01The weather outside
A high of 76°F in Santa Barbara.
76°F/ 25°C high
Low of 55°F · dry · wind up to 12 mph
The sun rose at 7:12 am and set at 6:12 pm — 10h 59m of daylight.
Daily estimates from NASA POWER on a regional grid, using local solar days. Sunrise and sunset are calculated for this city.
Reconstructed from historical climate data — the closest thing we have to a weather time machine.
02The sky that night
A waxing crescent watched over you.
4% lit · 1.9 days into its cycle
Looking up from Santa Barbara that evening, you could have spotted Mars and Jupiter without a telescope.
It was autumn in your half of the world.
The Moon was 226,527 miles away — closer than usual.
03On every radio
The chart-topper that week: “I Just Called To Say I Love You”
by Stevie Wonder — number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for 3 weeks, taking over from “Let's Go Crazy”.
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04What a dollar bought
Your first receipt.
GENERAL STORE
SANTA BARBARA · 1984-10-25
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
2,193 weeks of them
0
full moons
have risen since your first night
0.00B
miles traveled
42 laps around the Sun
06Born under
A Thursday's child, under Scorpio.
Star sign
Scorpio
Water sign
Chinese zodiac
Rat
Wood Rat
Birthstone
Opal
for your month
Birth flower
Marigold
for your month
Generation
Millennials
1981–1996
Day of the week
Thursday
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