Rewinding to Thursday 8 March 1990…
Thursday · Bílovec, Moravian-Silesian Region, Czechia
The world on 8 March 1990 in Bílovec.
Scroll back in time ↓01The weather outside
A high of 13°C in Bílovec.
13°C/ 55°F high
Low of 3°C · dry · wind up to 29 km/h
The sun rose at 06:17 and set at 17:41 — 11h 24m of daylight.
02The sky that night
A waxing gibbous watched over you.
93% lit · 12.2 days into its cycle
Looking up from Bílovec that evening, you could have spotted Jupiter without a telescope.
It was spring in your half of the world.
The Moon was 387,000 km away, right about average.
03On every radio
The chart-topper that week: “Escapade”
by Janet Jackson — number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for 3 weeks, taking over from “Opposites Attract”.
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04What a dollar bought
Your first receipt.
Czechia’s shop prices from 1990 aren’t in the records we use, so here is what the same basket cost in the US that day.
GENERAL STORE
PRICES IN THE U.S. · 1990-03-08
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
1,913 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 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
Thursday
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