Rewinding to Sunday, March 27, 1988…

Sunday · Carmichael, California, United States

The world on March 27, 1988 in Carmichael.

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01The weather outside

A high of 71°F in Carmichael.

71°F/ 22°C high

Low of 44°F · dry · wind up to 26 mph

The sun rose at 5:57 am and set at 6:24 pm — 12h 27m of daylight.

02The sky that night

A waxing gibbous watched over you.

77% lit · 10.1 days into its cycle

Looking up from Carmichael that evening, you could have spotted Venus without a telescope.

It was spring in your half of the world.

The Moon was 251,725 miles away — farther than usual.

03On every radio

The chart-topper that week: “Man In The Mirror”

by Michael Jackson — number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for 2 weeks, taking over from “Never Gonna Give You Up”.

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04What a dollar bought

Your first receipt.

GENERAL STORE

CARMICHAEL · 1988-03-27

ITEM1988TODAYLoaf of white breadper lb$0.59$1.83Dozen eggsgrade A large$0.74$2.27Gallon of milkwhole≈$1.42$4.11Gallon of gasregular unleaded$0.90$4.48Pound of coffeeground roast$2.63$9.33Minimum wagefederal, per hour$3.35$7.25Median new homeUS sale price$110,000$393,300Postage stampfirst-class letter$0.22$0.78

BREAD COSTS 3.1× 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

2,015 weeks of them

0

full moons

have risen since your first night

0.00B

miles traveled

38 laps around the Sun

06Born under

A Sunday's child, under Aries.

Star sign

Aries

Fire sign

Chinese zodiac

Dragon

Earth Dragon

Birthstone

Aquamarine

for your month

Birth flower

Daffodil

for your month

Generation

Millennials

1981–1996

Day of the week

Sunday

And so much more you’d never guess or remember.

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