Rewinding to Wednesday, November 28, 1984…
Wednesday · Rocky Mount, North Carolina, United States
The world on November 28, 1984 in Rocky Mount.
Scroll back in time ↓01The weather outside
A high of 71°F in Rocky Mount.
71°F/ 22°C high
Low of 40°F · 0.62 in of precipitation · wind up to 27 mph
The sun rose at 7:00 am and set at 4:57 pm — 9h 57m of daylight.
02The sky that night
A waxing crescent watched over you.
38% lit · 6.2 days into its cycle
Looking up from Rocky Mount that evening, you could have spotted Mars without a telescope.
It was autumn in your half of the world.
The Moon was 246,636 miles away — farther 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
ROCKY MOUNT · 1984-11-28
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
2,188 weeks of them
0
full moons
have risen since your first night
0.00B
miles traveled
41 laps around the Sun
06Born under
A Wednesday'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
Wednesday
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