Rewinding to Wednesday, April 9, 1986…
Wednesday · Fort Worth, Texas, United States
The world on April 9, 1986 in Fort Worth.
Scroll back in time ↓01The weather outside
A high of 73°F in Fort Worth.
73°F/ 23°C high
Low of 52°F · 0.01 in of precipitation · wind up to 18 mph
The sun rose at 6:07 am and set at 6:54 pm — 12h 48m of daylight.
02The sky that night
A new moon watched over you.
1% lit · 0.8 days into its cycle
No bright planets were above Fort Worth's horizon that evening — the moon had the sky to itself.
It was spring in your half of the world.
The Moon was 249,037 miles away — farther than usual.
03On every radio
The chart-topper that week: “Rock Me Amadeus”
by Falco — number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for 3 weeks, taking over from “These Dreams”.
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04What a dollar bought
Your first receipt.
GENERAL STORE
FORT WORTH · 1986-04-09
BREAD COSTS 3.3× 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
2,117 weeks of them
0
full moons
have risen since your first night
0.00B
miles traveled
40 laps around the Sun
06Born under
A Wednesday's child, under Aries.
Star sign
Aries
Fire sign
Chinese zodiac
Tiger
Fire Tiger
Birthstone
Diamond
for your month
Birth flower
Daisy
for your month
Generation
Millennials
1981–1996
Day of the week
Wednesday
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