Rewinding to Thursday, April 21, 1988…
Thursday · Toronto, Ontario, Canada
The world on April 21, 1988 in Toronto.
Scroll back in time ↓01The weather outside
A high of 7°C in Toronto.
7°C/ 44°F high
Low of 0°C · 0.6 mm of precipitation · wind up to 26 km/h
The sun rose at 6:24 am and set at 8:08 pm — 13h 44m of daylight.
02The sky that night
A waxing crescent watched over you.
32% lit · 5.6 days into its cycle
Looking up from Toronto that evening, you could have spotted Venus without a telescope.
It was spring in your half of the world.
The Moon was 395,935 km away — farther 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
PRICES IN THE U.S. · 1988-04-21
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
2,011 weeks of them
0
full moons
have risen since your first night
0.00B
km travelled
38 laps around the Sun
06Born under
A Thursday's child, under Taurus.
Star sign
Taurus
Earth 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
Thursday
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