Rewinding to Sunday, April 10, 1988…

Sunday · Los Angeles, California, United States

The world on April 10, 1988 in Los Angeles.

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01The weather outside

A high of 83°F in Los Angeles.

83°F/ 28°C high

Low of 58°F · dry · wind up to 16 mph

The sun rose at 6:27 am and set at 7:20 pm — 12h 53m of daylight.

02The sky that night

A waning crescent watched over you.

35% lit · 23.6 days into its cycle

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

It was spring in your half of the world.

The Moon was 229,020 miles away — closer than usual.

03On every radio

The chart-topper that week: “Get Outta My Dreams, Get Into My Car”

by Billy Ocean — number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for 2 weeks, taking over from “Man In The Mirror”.

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04What a dollar bought

Your first receipt.

GENERAL STORE

LOS ANGELES · 1988-04-10

ITEM1988TODAYLoaf of white breadper lb$0.59$1.83Dozen eggsgrade A large$0.72$2.27Gallon of milkwhole≈$1.43$4.11Gallon of gasregular unleaded$0.93$4.48Pound of coffeeground roast$2.70$9.33Minimum wagefederal, per hour$3.35$7.25Median new homeUS sale price$110,000$393,300Postage stampfirst-class letter$0.25$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

2,013 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

Diamond

for your month

Birth flower

Daisy

for your month

Generation

Millennials

1981–1996

Day of the week

Sunday

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