Rewinding to Thursday, June 2, 1988…
Thursday · Stony Brook, New York, United States
The world on June 2, 1988 in Stony Brook.
Scroll back in time ↓01The weather outside
A high of 60°F in Stony Brook.
60°F/ 15°C high
Low of 51°F · 0.03 in of precipitation · wind up to 19 mph
The sun rose at 5:22 am and set at 8:19 pm — 14h 57m of daylight.
02The sky that night
A waning gibbous watched over you.
91% lit · 17.5 days into its cycle
Looking up from Stony Brook that evening, you could have spotted Venus without a telescope.
It was summer in your half of the world.
The Moon was 229,936 miles away — closer than usual.
03On every radio
The chart-topper that week: “One More Try”
by George Michael — number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for 3 weeks, taking over from “Anything For You”.
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04What a dollar bought
Your first receipt.
GENERAL STORE
STONY BROOK · 1988-06-02
BREAD COSTS 3.0× 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
2,005 weeks of them
0
full moons
have risen since your first night
0.00B
miles traveled
38 laps around the Sun
06Born under
A Thursday's child, under Gemini.
Star sign
Gemini
Air sign
Chinese zodiac
Dragon
Earth Dragon
Birthstone
Pearl
for your month
Birth flower
Rose
for your month
Generation
Millennials
1981–1996
Day of the week
Thursday
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