Rewinding to Saturday 1 July 1989…
Saturday · Perth, Western Australia, Australia
The world on 1 July 1989 in Perth.
Scroll back in time ↓01The weather outside
A high of 17°C in Perth.
17°C/ 62°F high
Low of 15°C · 3.1 mm of precipitation · wind up to 25 km/h
The sun rose at 7:17 am and set at 5:22 pm — 10h 5m of daylight.
02The sky that night
A waning crescent watched over you.
4% lit · 27.8 days into its cycle
Looking up from Perth that evening, you could have spotted Saturn without a telescope.
It was winter in your half of the world.
The Moon was 373,305 km away — closer than usual.
03On every radio
The chart-topper that week: “Baby Don't Forget My Number”
by Milli Vanilli — number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for 1 week, taking over from “Satisfied”.
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04What a dollar bought
Your first receipt.
GENERAL STORE
PRICES IN THE U.S. · 1989-07-01
BREAD COSTS 2.7× 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
1,949 weeks of them
0
full moons
have risen since your first night
0.00B
km travelled
37 laps around the Sun
06Born under
A Saturday's child, under Cancer.
Star sign
Cancer
Water sign
Chinese zodiac
Snake
Earth Snake
Birthstone
Ruby
for your month
Birth flower
Larkspur
for your month
Generation
Millennials
1981–1996
Day of the week
Saturday
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