Rewinding to Tuesday 30 April 1985…
Tuesday · Petah Tikva, Central District, Israel
The world on 30 April 1985 in Petah Tikva.
Scroll back in time ↓01The weather outside
A high of 29°C in Petah Tikva.
29°C/ 84°F high
Low of 16°C · dry · wind up to 16 km/h
The sun rose at 05:55 and set at 19:20 — 13h 25m of daylight.
02The sky that night
A waxing gibbous watched over you.
77% lit · 10.1 days into its cycle
Looking up from Petah Tikva that evening, you could have spotted Saturn without a telescope.
It was spring in your half of the world.
The Moon was 367,717 km away — closer 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.
Israel’s shop prices from 1985 aren’t in the records we use, so here is what the same basket cost in the US that day.
GENERAL STORE
PRICES IN THE U.S. · 1985-04-30
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
2,166 weeks of them
0
full moons
have risen since your first night
0.00B
km travelled
41 laps around the Sun
06Born under
A Tuesday'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
Tuesday
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