Rewinding to Saturday, November 8, 1986…
Saturday · Highland Park, Illinois, United States
The world on November 8, 1986 in Highland Park.
Scroll back in time ↓01The weather outside
A high of 55°F in Highland Park.
55°F/ 13°C high
Low of 42°F · 0.04 in of precipitation · wind up to 25 mph
The sun rose at 6:32 am and set at 4:36 pm — 10h 4m of daylight.
02The sky that night
A first quarter watched over you.
53% lit · 7.6 days into its cycle
Looking up from Highland Park that evening, you could have spotted Mars and Jupiter without a telescope.
It was autumn in your half of the world.
The Moon was 233,545 miles away — closer than usual.
03On every radio
The chart-topper that week: “Amanda”
by Boston — number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for 2 weeks, taking over from “True Colors”.
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04What a dollar bought
Your first receipt.
GENERAL STORE
HIGHLAND PARK · 1986-11-08
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
2,087 weeks of them
0
full moons
have risen since your first night
0.00B
miles traveled
40 laps around the Sun
06Born under
A Saturday's child, under Scorpio.
Star sign
Scorpio
Water sign
Chinese zodiac
Tiger
Fire Tiger
Birthstone
Topaz
for your month
Birth flower
Chrysanthemum
for your month
Generation
Millennials
1981–1996
Day of the week
Saturday
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