Rewinding to Thursday, December 26, 1985…
Thursday · Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States
The world on December 26, 1985 in Lancaster.
Scroll back in time ↓01The weather outside
A high of 16°F in Lancaster.
16°F/ -9°C high
Low of 7°F · dry · wind up to 13 mph
The sun rose at 7:25 am and set at 4:46 pm — 9h 20m of daylight.
02The sky that night
A full moon watched over you.
100% lit · 14.6 days into its cycle
No bright planets were above Lancaster's horizon that evening — the moon had the sky to itself.
It was winter in your half of the world.
The Moon was 248,609 miles away — farther than usual.
03On every radio
The chart-topper that week: “Say You, Say Me”
by Lionel Richie — number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for 4 weeks, taking over from “Broken Wings”.
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04What a dollar bought
Your first receipt.
GENERAL STORE
LANCASTER · 1985-12-26
BREAD COSTS 3.2× 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
2,132 weeks of them
0
full moons
have risen since your first night
0.00B
miles traveled
40 laps around the Sun
06Born under
A Thursday's child, under Capricorn.
Star sign
Capricorn
Earth sign
Chinese zodiac
Ox
Wood Ox
Birthstone
Turquoise
for your month
Birth flower
Narcissus
for your month
Generation
Millennials
1981–1996
Day of the week
Thursday
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