Rewinding to Sunday, June 30, 1985…

Sunday · Baltimore, Maryland, United States

The world on June 30, 1985 in Baltimore.

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01The weather outside

A high of 83°F in Baltimore.

83°F/ 28°C high

Low of 60°F · 0.04 in of precipitation · wind up to 10 mph

The sun rose at 5:43 am and set at 8:36 pm — 14h 54m 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 gibbous watched over you.

97% lit · 13.2 days into its cycle

Looking up from Baltimore that evening, you could have spotted Mercury and Saturn without a telescope.

It was summer in your half of the world.

The Moon was 228,274 miles away — closer than usual.

03On every radio

The chart-topper that week: “Heaven”

by Bryan Adams — number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for 2 weeks, taking over from “Everybody Wants To Rule The World”.

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04What a dollar bought

Your first receipt.

GENERAL STORE

BALTIMORE · 1985-06-30

ITEM1985TODAYLoaf of white breadper lb$0.55$1.83Dozen eggsgrade A large$0.72$2.27Gallon of milkwhole≈$1.31$4.11Gallon of gasregular unleaded$1.24$4.48Pound of coffeeground roast$2.61$9.33Minimum wagefederal, per hour$3.35$7.25Median new homeUS sale price$84,300$393,300Postage stampfirst-class letter$0.22$0.78

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

2,157 weeks of them

0

full moons

have risen since your first night

0.00B

miles traveled

41 laps around the Sun

06Born under

A Sunday's child, under Cancer.

Star sign

Cancer

Water 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

Sunday

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