Rewinding to Thursday 21 December 1989…
Thursday · Dakar, Senegal
Cheikhou, you arrived on 21 December 1989 in Dakar.
Scroll back in time ↓01The weather outside
A high of 27°C in Dakar.
27°C/ 80°F high
Low of 22°C · dry · wind up to 33 km/h
The sun rose at 07:30 and set at 18:45 — 11h 16m of daylight.
02The sky that night
A waning crescent watched over you.
33% lit · 23.8 days into its cycle
Looking up from Dakar that evening, you could have spotted Jupiter without a telescope.
It was winter in your half of the world.
The Moon was 404,683 km away — farther 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
PRICES IN THE U.S. · 1989-12-21
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
1,924 weeks of them
0
full moons
have risen since your first night
0.00B
km travelled
36 laps around the Sun
06Born under
A Thursday'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
Thursday
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