Rewinding to Friday, February 16, 1990…
Friday · Toronto, Ontario, Canada
The world on February 16, 1990 in Toronto.
Scroll back in time ↓01The weather outside
A high of 2°C in Toronto.
2°C/ 35°F high
Low of -4°C · 4.4 mm of precipitation · wind up to 47 km/h
The sun rose at 7:15 am and set at 5:48 pm — 10h 34m 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 last quarter watched over you.
57% lit · 21.5 days into its cycle
Looking up from Toronto that evening, you could have spotted Jupiter without a telescope.
It was winter in your half of the world.
The Moon was 404,309 km away — farther than usual.
03On every radio
The chart-topper that week: “Opposites Attract”
by Paula Abdul (Duet With The Wild Pair) — number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for 3 weeks, taking over from “How Am I Supposed To Live Without You”.
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04What a dollar bought
Your first receipt.
GENERAL STORE
PRICES IN THE U.S. · 1990-02-16
BREAD COSTS 2.6× 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
1,916 weeks of them
0
full moons
have risen since your first night
0.00B
km travelled
36 laps around the Sun
06Born under
A Friday's child, under Aquarius.
Star sign
Aquarius
Air sign
Chinese zodiac
Horse
Metal Horse
Birthstone
Amethyst
for your month
Birth flower
Violet
for your month
Generation
Millennials
1981–1996
Day of the week
Friday
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