Rewinding to Friday 24 January 1986…

Friday · Hammersmith Broadway, England, United Kingdom

The world on 24 January 1986 in Hammersmith Broadway.

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01The weather outside

A high of 3°C in Hammersmith Broadway.

3°C/ 38°F high

Low of -1°C · dry · wind up to 27 mph

The sun rose at 07:50 and set at 16:35 — 8h 45m of daylight.

02The sky that night

A waxing gibbous watched over you.

98% lit · 13.7 days into its cycle

No bright planets were above Hammersmith Broadway's horizon that evening — the moon had the sky to itself.

It was winter in your half of the world.

The Moon was 244,764 miles away — farther than usual.

03On every radio

The chart-topper that week: “That's What Friends Are For”

by Dionne & Friends Featuring Elton John, Gladys Knight And Stevie Wonder — number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for 4 weeks, taking over from “Say You, Say Me”.

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04What a pound bought

Your first receipt.

GENERAL STORE

PRICES IN UNITED KINGDOM · 1986-01-24

ITEM1986TODAYSliced white loaf800 g£0.43£1.44Litre of milkfresh£0.42£1.17Kilo of flourwheat£0.30£0.57Kilo of bananas1 kg£1.01£1.05Kilo of sugarwhite£0.47£1.18Kilo of chickenwhole£1.77£3.87

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

2,128 weeks of them

0

full moons

have risen since your first night

0.00B

miles traveled

40 laps around the Sun

06Born under

A Friday's child, under Aquarius.

Star sign

Aquarius

Air sign

Chinese zodiac

Ox

Wood Ox

Birthstone

Garnet

for your month

Birth flower

Carnation

for your month

Generation

Millennials

1981–1996

Day of the week

Friday

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