Rewinding to Thursday, September 14, 1989…
Thursday · Houston, Texas, United States
Jimmy, you arrived on September 14, 1989 in Houston.
Scroll back in time ↓01The weather outside
A high of 80°F in Houston.
80°F/ 26°C high
Low of 62°F · 0.04 in of precipitation · wind up to 13 mph
The sun rose at 7:05 am and set at 7:27 pm — 12h 22m of daylight.
02The sky that night
A full moon watched over you.
100% lit · 14.3 days into its cycle
Looking up from Houston that evening, you could have spotted Saturn without a telescope.
It was autumn in your half of the world.
The Moon was 224,447 miles away — closer than usual, a supermoon.
03On every radio
The chart-topper that week: “Hangin' Tough”
by New Kids On The Block — number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for 1 week, taking over from “Cold Hearted”.
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04What a dollar bought
Your first receipt.
GENERAL STORE
HOUSTON · 1989-09-14
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
1,938 weeks of them
0
full moons
have risen since your first night
0.00B
miles traveled
37 laps around the Sun
06Born under
A Thursday's child, under Virgo.
Star sign
Virgo
Earth sign
Chinese zodiac
Snake
Earth Snake
Birthstone
Sapphire
for your month
Birth flower
Aster
for your month
Generation
Millennials
1981–1996
Day of the week
Thursday
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