Rewinding to Monday 28 November 1988…
Monday · Bilaspur, Himachal Pradesh, India
The world on 28 November 1988 in Bilaspur.
Scroll back in time ↓01The weather outside
A high of 17°C in Bilaspur.
17°C/ 63°F high
Low of 6°C · dry · wind up to 16 km/h
The sun rose at 7:01 am and set at 5:20 pm — 10h 19m of daylight.
02The sky that night
A waning gibbous watched over you.
74% lit · 19.8 days into its cycle
Looking up from Bilaspur that evening, you could have spotted Mars and Jupiter without a telescope.
It was autumn in your half of the world.
The Moon was 396,124 km away — farther than usual.
03On every radio
The chart-topper that week: “Bad Medicine”
by Bon Jovi — number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for 2 weeks, taking over from “Wild, Wild West”.
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04What a dollar bought
Your first receipt.
GENERAL STORE
PRICES IN THE U.S. · 1988-11-28
BREAD COSTS 2.8× 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
1,979 weeks of them
0
full moons
have risen since your first night
0.00B
km travelled
37 laps around the Sun
06Born under
A Monday's child, under Sagittarius.
Star sign
Sagittarius
Fire sign
Chinese zodiac
Dragon
Earth Dragon
Birthstone
Topaz
for your month
Birth flower
Chrysanthemum
for your month
Generation
Millennials
1981–1996
Day of the week
Monday
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