Rewinding to Wednesday 20 May 1992…

Wednesday · Cork, Munster, Ireland

Jack, you arrived on 20 May 1992 in Cork.

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01The weather outside

A high of 18°C in Cork.

18°C/ 64°F high

Low of 8°C · dry · wind up to 19 km/h

The sun rose at 5:33 am and set at 9:28 pm — 15h 56m of daylight.

02The sky that night

A waning gibbous watched over you.

83% lit · 18.7 days into its cycle

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

It was spring in your half of the world.

The Moon was 401,083 km away — farther than usual.

03On every radio

The chart-topper that week: “Jump”

by Kris Kross — number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for 8 weeks, taking over from “Save The Best For Last”.

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04What a dollar bought

Your first receipt.

GENERAL STORE

PRICES IN THE U.S. · 1992-05-20

ITEM1992TODAYLoaf of white breadper lb$0.75$1.83Dozen eggsgrade A large$0.84$2.27Gallon of milkwhole≈$1.71$4.11Gallon of gasregular unleaded$1.14$4.48Pound of coffeeground roast$2.66$9.33Minimum wagefederal, per hour$4.25$7.25Median new homeUS sale price$120,000$393,300Postage stampfirst-class letter$0.29$0.78

BREAD COSTS 2.4× 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

1,798 weeks of them

0

full moons

have risen since your first night

0.00B

km travelled

34 laps around the Sun

06Born under

A Wednesday's child, under Taurus.

Star sign

Taurus

Earth sign

Chinese zodiac

Monkey

Water Monkey

Birthstone

Emerald

for your month

Birth flower

Lily of the valley

for your month

Generation

Millennials

1981–1996

Day of the week

Wednesday

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