Rewinding to Sunday 17 February 1991…
Sunday · Halifax, England, United Kingdom
The world on 17 February 1991 in Halifax.
Scroll back in time ↓01The weather outside
A high of 3°C in Halifax.
3°C/ 38°F high
Low of -2°C · 0.2 mm of precipitation · wind up to 9 mph
The sun rose at 07:23 and set at 17:20 — 9h 57m 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.
11% lit · 3.1 days into its cycle
Looking up from Halifax that evening, you could have spotted Mars and Jupiter without a telescope.
It was winter in your half of the world.
The Moon was 237,187 miles away, right about average.
03On every radio
The chart-topper that week: “Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now)”
by C+C Music Factory — number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for 2 weeks, taking over from “The First Time”.
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04What a dollar bought
Your first receipt.
GENERAL STORE
PRICES IN THE U.S. · 1991-02-17
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
1,863 weeks of them
0
full moons
have risen since your first night
0.00B
miles travelled
35 laps around the Sun
06Born under
A Sunday's child, under Aquarius.
Star sign
Aquarius
Air sign
Chinese zodiac
Goat
Metal Goat
Birthstone
Amethyst
for your month
Birth flower
Violet
for your month
Generation
Millennials
1981–1996
Day of the week
Sunday
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