Rewinding to Saturday 28 November 1987…

Saturday · Inverness, Scotland, United Kingdom

The world on 28 November 1987 in Inverness.

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01The weather outside

A high of 3°C in Inverness.

3°C/ 37°F high

Low of 0°C · dry · wind up to 11 mph

The sun rose at 08:26 and set at 15:42 — 7h 16m of daylight.

02The sky that night

A first quarter watched over you.

60% lit · 8.3 days into its cycle

Looking up from Inverness that evening, you could have spotted Jupiter without a telescope.

It was autumn in your half of the world.

The Moon was 232,126 miles away — closer than usual.

03On every radio

The chart-topper that week: “(I've Had) The Time Of My Life”

by Bill Medley & Jennifer Warnes — number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for 1 week, taking over from “Mony Mony”.

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04What a pound bought

Your first receipt.

GENERAL STORE

PRICES IN UNITED KINGDOM · 1987-11-28

ITEM1987TODAYSliced white loaf800 g£0.44£1.44Litre of milkfresh£0.44£1.17Kilo of flourwheat£0.32£0.57Kilo of bananas1 kg£1.06£1.05Kilo of sugarwhite£0.49£1.18Kilo of chickenwhole£1.81£3.87

Measured shop prices

Prices: Office for National Statistics (UK)

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

2,032 weeks of them

0

full moons

have risen since your first night

0.00B

miles traveled

38 laps around the Sun

06Born under

A Saturday's child, under Sagittarius.

Star sign

Sagittarius

Fire sign

Chinese zodiac

Rabbit

Fire Rabbit

Birthstone

Topaz

for your month

Birth flower

Chrysanthemum

for your month

Generation

Millennials

1981–1996

Day of the week

Saturday

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