Rewinding to Wednesday, December 13, 1989…
Wednesday · Reading, Pennsylvania, United States
The world on December 13, 1989 in Reading.
Scroll back in time ↓01The weather outside
A high of 31°F in Reading.
31°F/ -1°C high
Low of 15°F · dry · wind up to 6 mph
The sun rose at 7:18 am and set at 4:37 pm — 9h 20m of daylight.
Daily estimates from NASA POWER on a regional grid, using local solar days. Sunrise and sunset are calculated for this city.
Reconstructed from historical climate data — the closest thing we have to a weather time machine.
02The sky that night
A waning gibbous watched over you.
97% lit · 16.3 days into its cycle
Looking up from Reading that evening, you could have spotted Jupiter without a telescope.
It was winter in your half of the world.
The Moon was 229,358 miles away — closer than usual.
03On every radio
The chart-topper that week: “We Didn't Start The Fire”
by Billy Joel — number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for 2 weeks, taking over from “Blame It On The Rain”.
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04What a dollar bought
Your first receipt.
GENERAL STORE
READING · 1989-12-13
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
1,925 weeks of them
0
full moons
have risen since your first night
0.00B
miles travelled
36 laps around the Sun
06Born under
A Wednesday's child, under Sagittarius.
Star sign
Sagittarius
Fire sign
Chinese zodiac
Snake
Earth Snake
Birthstone
Turquoise
for your month
Birth flower
Narcissus
for your month
Generation
Millennials
1981–1996
Day of the week
Wednesday
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