Rewinding to Wednesday 24 August 1988…
Wednesday · Harlow, England, United Kingdom
Rupert, you arrived on 24 August 1988 in Harlow.
Scroll back in time ↓01The weather outside
A high of 19°C in Harlow.
19°C/ 67°F high
Low of 10°C · 1.9 mm of precipitation · wind up to 16 mph
The sun rose at 05:58 and set at 20:03 — 14h 5m of daylight.
02The sky that night
A waxing gibbous watched over you.
90% lit · 11.7 days into its cycle
Looking up from Harlow that evening, you could have spotted Saturn without a telescope.
It was summer in your half of the world.
The Moon was 226,584 miles away — closer than usual.
03On every radio
The chart-topper that week: “Roll With It”
by Steve Winwood — number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for 4 weeks, taking over from “Hold On To The Nights”.
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04What a pound bought
Your first receipt.
GENERAL STORE
PRICES IN UNITED KINGDOM · 1988-08-24
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
1,993 weeks of them
0
full moons
have risen since your first night
0.00B
miles traveled
38 laps around the Sun
06Born under
A Wednesday's child, under Virgo.
Star sign
Virgo
Earth sign
Chinese zodiac
Dragon
Earth Dragon
Birthstone
Peridot
for your month
Birth flower
Gladiolus
for your month
Generation
Millennials
1981–1996
Day of the week
Wednesday
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