Rewinding to Friday, March 2, 1990…

Friday · Huntersville, North Carolina, United States

The world on March 2, 1990 in Huntersville.

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01The weather outside

A high of 48°F in Huntersville.

48°F/ 9°C high

Low of 34°F · 0.59 in of precipitation · wind up to 5 mph

The sun rose at 6:52 am and set at 6:19 pm — 11h 27m 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 waxing crescent watched over you.

39% lit · 6.3 days into its cycle

Looking up from Huntersville that evening, you could have spotted Jupiter without a telescope.

It was spring in your half of the world.

The Moon was 229,504 miles away — closer 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

HUNTERSVILLE · 1990-03-02

ITEM1990TODAYLoaf of white breadper lb$0.68$1.83Dozen eggsgrade A large$1.11$2.27Gallon of milkwhole≈$1.57$4.11Gallon of gasregular unleaded$1.02$4.48Pound of coffeeground roast$2.89$9.33Minimum wagefederal, per hour$3.35$7.25Median new homeUS sale price$123,900$393,300Postage stampfirst-class letter$0.25$0.78

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

1,914 weeks of them

0

full moons

have risen since your first night

0.00B

miles traveled

36 laps around the Sun

06Born under

A Friday's child, under Pisces.

Star sign

Pisces

Water sign

Chinese zodiac

Horse

Metal Horse

Birthstone

Aquamarine

for your month

Birth flower

Daffodil

for your month

Generation

Millennials

1981–1996

Day of the week

Friday

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