Rewinding to Thursday, July 12, 1990…
Thursday · Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States
The world on July 12, 1990 in Milwaukee.
Scroll back in time ↓01The weather outside
A high of 72°F in Milwaukee.
72°F/ 23°C high
Low of 52°F · dry · wind up to 24 mph
The sun rose at 5:23 am and set at 8:30 pm — 15h 7m of daylight.
02The sky that night
A waning gibbous watched over you.
75% lit · 19.7 days into its cycle
No bright planets were above Milwaukee's horizon that evening — the moon had the sky to itself.
It was summer in your half of the world.
The Moon was 236,473 miles away, right about average.
03On every radio
The chart-topper that week: “Step By Step”
by New Kids On The Block — number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for 3 weeks, taking over from “It Must Have Been Love (From "Pretty Woman")”.
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04What a dollar bought
Your first receipt.
GENERAL STORE
MILWAUKEE · 1990-07-12
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
1,895 weeks of them
0
full moons
have risen since your first night
0.00B
miles traveled
36 laps around the Sun
06Born under
A Thursday's child, under Cancer.
Star sign
Cancer
Water sign
Chinese zodiac
Horse
Metal Horse
Birthstone
Ruby
for your month
Birth flower
Larkspur
for your month
Generation
Millennials
1981–1996
Day of the week
Thursday
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