Rewinding to Saturday 1 August 1987…
Saturday · New Delhi, National Capital Territory of Delhi, India
The world on 1 August 1987 in New Delhi.
Scroll back in time ↓01The weather outside
A high of 45°C in New Delhi.
45°C/ 113°F high
Low of 32°C · dry · wind up to 34 km/h
The sun rose at 5:42 am and set at 7:12 pm — 13h 30m of daylight.
02The sky that night
A waxing crescent watched over you.
38% lit · 6.2 days into its cycle
Looking up from New Delhi that evening, you could have spotted Saturn without a telescope.
It was summer in your half of the world.
The Moon was 387,915 km away, right about average.
03On every radio
The chart-topper that week: “Shakedown (From "Beverly Hills Cop II")”
by Bob Seger — number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for 1 week, taking over from “Alone”.
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04What a dollar bought
Your first receipt.
India’s shop prices from 1987 aren’t in the records we use, so here is what the same basket cost in the US that day.
GENERAL STORE
PRICES IN THE U.S. · 1987-08-01
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
2,049 weeks of them
0
full moons
have risen since your first night
0.00B
km travelled
39 laps around the Sun
06Born under
A Saturday's child, under Leo.
Star sign
Leo
Fire sign
Chinese zodiac
Rabbit
Fire Rabbit
Birthstone
Peridot
for your month
Birth flower
Gladiolus
for your month
Generation
Millennials
1981–1996
Day of the week
Saturday
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