Rewinding to Friday 26 December 1986…
Friday · Nice, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France
Hugo, you arrived on 26 December 1986 in Nice.
Scroll back in time ↓01The weather outside
A high of 11°C in Nice.
11°C/ 51°F high
Low of 6°C · dry · wind up to 22 km/h
The sun rose at 08:03 and set at 16:59 — 8h 56m of daylight.
02The sky that night
A waning crescent watched over you.
25% lit · 24.6 days into its cycle
Looking up from Nice that evening, you could have spotted Mars and Jupiter without a telescope.
It was winter in your half of the world.
The Moon was 371,251 km away — closer than usual.
03On every radio
The chart-topper that week: “Walk Like An Egyptian”
by The Bangles — number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for 4 weeks, taking over from “The Way It Is”.
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04What a dollar bought
Your first receipt.
GENERAL STORE
PRICES IN THE U.S. · 1986-12-26
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
2,080 weeks of them
0
full moons
have risen since your first night
0.00B
km travelled
39 laps around the Sun
06Born under
A Friday's child, under Capricorn.
Star sign
Capricorn
Earth sign
Chinese zodiac
Tiger
Fire Tiger
Birthstone
Turquoise
for your month
Birth flower
Narcissus
for your month
Generation
Millennials
1981–1996
Day of the week
Friday
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