Rewinding to Wednesday, June 12, 1985…
Wednesday · Palo Alto, California, United States
The world on June 12, 1985 in Palo Alto.
Scroll back in time ↓01The weather outside
A high of 94°F in Palo Alto.
94°F/ 35°C high
Low of 54°F · dry · wind up to 10 mph
The sun rose at 5:47 am and set at 8:29 pm — 14h 43m of daylight.
02The sky that night
A waning crescent watched over you.
24% lit · 24.7 days into its cycle
Looking up from Palo Alto that evening, you could have spotted Saturn and Uranus without a telescope.
It was summer in your half of the world.
The Moon was 251,665 miles away — farther than usual.
03On every radio
The chart-topper that week: “Everybody Wants To Rule The World”
by Tears For Fears — number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for 2 weeks, taking over from “Everything She Wants”.
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04What a dollar bought
Your first receipt.
GENERAL STORE
PALO ALTO · 1985-06-12
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
2,160 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 Gemini.
Star sign
Gemini
Air sign
Chinese zodiac
Ox
Wood Ox
Birthstone
Pearl
for your month
Birth flower
Rose
for your month
Generation
Millennials
1981–1996
Day of the week
Wednesday
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