Rewinding to Friday 21 July 1989…
Friday · London, England, United Kingdom
The world on 21 July 1989 in London.
Scroll back in time ↓01The weather outside
A high of 27°C in London.
27°C/ 81°F high
Low of 15°C · 0.4 mm of precipitation · wind up to 17 mph
The sun rose at 05:08 and set at 21:04 — 15h 56m of daylight.
02The sky that night
A waning gibbous watched over you.
88% lit · 18.1 days into its cycle
Looking up from London that evening, you could have spotted Venus, Mars, Saturn without a telescope.
It was summer in your half of the world.
The Moon was 229,464 miles away — closer than usual.
03On every radio
The chart-topper that week: “If You Don't Know Me By Now”
by Simply Red — number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for 1 week, taking over from “Good Thing”.
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04What a pound bought
Your first receipt.
GENERAL STORE
PRICES IN UNITED KINGDOM · 1989-07-21
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
1,946 weeks of them
0
full moons
have risen since your first night
0.00B
miles traveled
37 laps around the Sun
06Born under
A Friday'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
Friday
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