Rewinding to Monday, January 12, 1987…
Monday · Valencia, California, United States
The world on January 12, 1987 in Valencia.
Scroll back in time ↓01The weather outside
A high of 63°F in Valencia.
63°F/ 17°C high
Low of 33°F · dry · wind up to 17 mph
The sun rose at 7:01 am and set at 5:04 pm — 10h 3m of daylight.
02The sky that night
A waxing gibbous watched over you.
97% lit · 13.1 days into its cycle
Looking up from Valencia that evening, you could have spotted Mars and Jupiter without a telescope.
It was winter in your half of the world.
The Moon was 252,518 miles away — farther 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
VALENCIA · 1987-01-12
BREAD COSTS 3.4× 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
2,077 weeks of them
0
full moons
have risen since your first night
0.00B
miles traveled
39 laps around the Sun
06Born under
A Monday's child, under Capricorn.
Star sign
Capricorn
Earth sign
Chinese zodiac
Tiger
Fire Tiger
Birthstone
Garnet
for your month
Birth flower
Carnation
for your month
Generation
Millennials
1981–1996
Day of the week
Monday
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