Rewinding to Monday, April 22, 1985…
Monday · Chicago, Illinois, United States
The world on April 22, 1985 in Chicago.
Scroll back in time ↓01The weather outside
A high of 62°F in Chicago.
62°F/ 17°C high
Low of 54°F · 0.13 in of precipitation · wind up to 19 mph
The sun rose at 4:59 am and set at 6:39 pm — 13h 40m 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.
7% lit · 2.6 days into its cycle
Looking up from Chicago that evening, you could have spotted Saturn without a telescope.
It was spring in your half of the world.
The Moon was 250,222 miles away — farther than usual.
03On every radio
The chart-topper that week: “We Are The World”
by USA For Africa — number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for 4 weeks, taking over from “One More Night”.
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04What a dollar bought
Your first receipt.
GENERAL STORE
CHICAGO · 1985-04-22
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
2,167 weeks of them
0
full moons
have risen since your first night
0.00B
miles traveled
41 laps around the Sun
06Born under
A Monday's child, under Taurus.
Star sign
Taurus
Earth sign
Chinese zodiac
Ox
Wood Ox
Birthstone
Diamond
for your month
Birth flower
Daisy
for your month
Generation
Millennials
1981–1996
Day of the week
Monday
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