Rewinding to Sunday 27 March 1988…
Sunday · Chadwell Heath, England, United Kingdom
The world on 27 March 1988 in Chadwell Heath.
Scroll back in time ↓01The weather outside
A high of 11°C in Chadwell Heath.
11°C/ 51°F high
Low of 4°C · 0.3 mm of precipitation · wind up to 22 mph
The sun rose at 06:45 and set at 19:24 — 12h 39m of daylight.
02The sky that night
A waxing gibbous watched over you.
74% lit · 9.8 days into its cycle
Looking up from Chadwell Heath that evening, you could have spotted Venus and Jupiter without a telescope.
It was spring in your half of the world.
The Moon was 251,472 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 pound bought
Your first receipt.
GENERAL STORE
PRICES IN UNITED KINGDOM · 1988-03-27
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
2,015 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
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