Rewinding to Wednesday, June 17, 1987…
Wednesday · Compton, California, United States
Kendrick, you arrived on June 17, 1987 in Compton.
Scroll back in time ↓01The weather outside
A high of 80°F in Compton.
80°F/ 27°C high
Low of 56°F · dry · wind up to 12 mph
The sun rose at 5:41 am and set at 8:05 pm — 14h 24m of daylight.
Daily estimates from NASA POWER on a regional grid, using local solar days. Sunrise and sunset are calculated for this city.
Reconstructed from historical climate data — the closest thing we have to a weather time machine.
02The sky that night
A last quarter watched over you.
53% lit · 21.8 days into its cycle
Looking up from Compton that evening, you could have spotted Mars and Saturn without a telescope.
It was summer in your half of the world.
The Moon was 233,878 miles away — closer than usual.
03On every radio
The chart-topper that week: “Always”
by Atlantic Starr — number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for 1 week, taking over from “You Keep Me Hangin' On”.
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04What a dollar bought
Your first receipt.
GENERAL STORE
COMPTON · 1987-06-17
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
2,055 weeks of them
0
full moons
have risen since your first night
0.00B
miles traveled
39 laps around the Sun
06Born under
A Wednesday's child, under Gemini.
Star sign
Gemini
Air sign
Chinese zodiac
Rabbit
Fire Rabbit
Birthstone
Pearl
for your month
Birth flower
Rose
for your month
Generation
Millennials
1981–1996
Day of the week
Wednesday
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