Rewinding to Friday 9 November 1984…
Friday · Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
The world on 9 November 1984 in Sydney.
Scroll back in time ↓01The weather outside
A high of 25°C in Sydney.
25°C/ 77°F high
Low of 20°C · 14.5 mm of precipitation · wind up to 19 km/h
The sun rose at 5:47 am and set at 7:30 pm — 13h 43m of daylight.
02The sky that night
A full moon watched over you.
100% lit · 15.4 days into its cycle
Looking up from Sydney that evening, you could have spotted Venus, Mars, Jupiter without a telescope.
It was spring in your half of the world.
The Moon was 398,475 km away — farther than usual.
03On every radio
The chart-topper that week: “Caribbean Queen (No More Love On The Run)”
by Billy Ocean — number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for 2 weeks, taking over from “I Just Called To Say I Love You”.
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04What a dollar bought
Your first receipt.
GENERAL STORE
PRICES IN THE U.S. · 1984-11-09
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
2,191 weeks of them
0
full moons
have risen since your first night
0.00B
km travelled
41 laps around the Sun
06Born under
A Friday's child, under Scorpio.
Star sign
Scorpio
Water sign
Chinese zodiac
Rat
Wood Rat
Birthstone
Topaz
for your month
Birth flower
Chrysanthemum
for your month
Generation
Millennials
1981–1996
Day of the week
Friday
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