Rewinding to Thursday 10 October 1985…
Thursday · Brynmawr, Wales, United Kingdom
The world on 10 October 1985 in Brynmawr.
Scroll back in time ↓01The weather outside
A high of 15°C in Brynmawr.
15°C/ 60°F high
Low of 8°C · 1.1 mm of precipitation · wind up to 18 mph
The sun rose at 07:28 and set at 18:30 — 11h 2m of daylight.
02The sky that night
A waning crescent watched over you.
15% lit · 25.8 days into its cycle
Looking up from Brynmawr that evening, you could have spotted Jupiter without a telescope.
It was autumn in your half of the world.
The Moon was 231,756 miles away — closer than usual.
03On every radio
The chart-topper that week: “Money For Nothing”
by Dire Straits — number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for 3 weeks, taking over from “St. Elmo's Fire (Man In Motion)”.
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04What a pound bought
Your first receipt.
GENERAL STORE
PRICES IN UNITED KINGDOM · 1985-10-10
Measured shop prices
Prices: Office for National Statistics (UK)
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
2,143 weeks of them
0
full moons
have risen since your first night
0.00B
miles traveled
41 laps around the Sun
06Born under
A Thursday's child, under Libra.
Star sign
Libra
Air sign
Chinese zodiac
Ox
Wood Ox
Birthstone
Opal
for your month
Birth flower
Marigold
for your month
Generation
Millennials
1981–1996
Day of the week
Thursday
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