Rewinding to Tuesday, October 4, 1988…
Tuesday · Chicago, Illinois, United States
Derrick, you arrived on October 4, 1988 in Chicago.
Scroll back in time ↓01The weather outside
A high of 53°F in Chicago.
53°F/ 11°C high
Low of 45°F · 0.06 in of precipitation · wind up to 23 mph
The sun rose at 6:51 am and set at 6:26 pm — 11h 36m of daylight.
02The sky that night
A waning crescent watched over you.
28% lit · 24.3 days into its cycle
Looking up from Chicago that evening, you could have spotted Mars and Saturn without a telescope.
It was autumn in your half of the world.
The Moon was 249,960 miles away — farther than usual.
03On every radio
The chart-topper that week: “Don't Worry, Be Happy (From "Cocktail")”
by Bobby McFerrin — number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for 2 weeks, taking over from “Sweet Child O' Mine”.
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04What a dollar bought
Your first receipt.
GENERAL STORE
CHICAGO · 1988-10-04
BREAD COSTS 2.9× 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
1,987 weeks of them
0
full moons
have risen since your first night
0.00B
miles traveled
38 laps around the Sun
06Born under
A Tuesday's child, under Libra.
Star sign
Libra
Air sign
Chinese zodiac
Dragon
Earth Dragon
Birthstone
Opal
for your month
Birth flower
Marigold
for your month
Generation
Millennials
1981–1996
Day of the week
Tuesday
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