Rewinding to Thursday, November 22, 1984…
Thursday · New York, United States
The world on November 22, 1984 in New York.
Scroll back in time ↓01The weather outside
A high of 42°F in New York.
42°F/ 5°C high
Low of 33°F · dry · wind up to 14 mph
The sun rose at 6:51 am and set at 4:32 pm — 9h 42m 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 new moon watched over you.
0% lit · 0.1 days into its cycle
No bright planets were above New York's horizon that evening — the moon had the sky to itself.
It was autumn in your half of the world.
The Moon was 227,734 miles away — closer than usual.
03On every radio
The chart-topper that week: “Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go”
by Wham! — number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for 3 weeks, taking over from “Caribbean Queen (No More Love On The Run)”.
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04What a dollar bought
Your first receipt.
GENERAL STORE
NEW YORK · 1984-11-22
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
2,189 weeks of them
0
full moons
have risen since your first night
0.00B
miles travelled
41 laps around the Sun
06Born under
A Thursday's child, under Sagittarius.
Star sign
Sagittarius
Fire 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
Thursday
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