Rewinding to Friday, August 29, 1986…
Friday · The Bronx, New York, United States
The world on August 29, 1986 in The Bronx.
Scroll back in time ↓01The weather outside
A high of 66°F in The Bronx.
66°F/ 19°C high
Low of 46°F · dry · wind up to 10 mph
The sun rose at 6:19 am and set at 7:32 pm — 13h 14m of daylight.
02The sky that night
A waning crescent watched over you.
26% lit · 24.5 days into its cycle
Looking up from The Bronx that evening, you could have spotted Mars, Jupiter, Saturn without a telescope.
It was summer in your half of the world.
The Moon was 250,489 miles away — farther than usual.
03On every radio
The chart-topper that week: “Papa Don't Preach”
by Madonna — number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for 2 weeks, taking over from “Glory Of Love (Theme From "The Karate Kid Part II")”.
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04What a dollar bought
Your first receipt.
GENERAL STORE
THE BRONX · 1986-08-29
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
2,097 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 Virgo.
Star sign
Virgo
Earth sign
Chinese zodiac
Tiger
Fire Tiger
Birthstone
Peridot
for your month
Birth flower
Gladiolus
for your month
Generation
Millennials
1981–1996
Day of the week
Friday
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