Rewinding to Friday 1 May 1987…
Friday · Viterbo, Lazio, Italy
The world on 1 May 1987 in Viterbo.
Scroll back in time ↓01The weather outside
A high of 22°C in Viterbo.
22°C/ 72°F high
Low of 10°C · dry · wind up to 15 km/h
The sun rose at 06:07 and set at 20:10 — 14h 3m of daylight.
02The sky that night
A waxing crescent watched over you.
13% lit · 3.5 days into its cycle
Looking up from Viterbo that evening, you could have spotted Mars without a telescope.
It was spring in your half of the world.
The Moon was 401,803 km away — farther than usual.
03On every radio
The chart-topper that week: “I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me)”
by Aretha Franklin & George Michael — number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for 2 weeks, taking over from “Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now”.
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04What a dollar bought
Your first receipt.
GENERAL STORE
PRICES IN THE U.S. · 1987-05-01
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
2,062 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 Taurus.
Star sign
Taurus
Earth sign
Chinese zodiac
Rabbit
Fire Rabbit
Birthstone
Emerald
for your month
Birth flower
Lily of the valley
for your month
Generation
Millennials
1981–1996
Day of the week
Friday
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