Rewinding to Saturday, May 29, 1993…

Saturday · Santa Barbara, California, United States

Maika, you arrived on May 29, 1993 in Santa Barbara.

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01The weather outside

A high of 72°F in Santa Barbara.

72°F/ 22°C high

Low of 54°F · dry · wind up to 12 mph

The sun rose at 5:48 am and set at 8:04 pm — 14h 16m of daylight.

02The sky that night

A waxing gibbous watched over you.

66% lit · 8.9 days into its cycle

Looking up from Santa Barbara that evening, you could have spotted Mars and Jupiter without a telescope.

It was spring in your half of the world.

The Moon was 228,922 miles away — closer than usual.

03On every radio

The chart-topper that week: “That's The Way Love Goes”

by Janet Jackson — number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for 8 weeks, taking over from “Freak Me”.

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04What a dollar bought

Your first receipt.

GENERAL STORE

SANTA BARBARA · 1993-05-29

ITEM1993TODAYLoaf of white breadper lb$0.75$1.83Dozen eggsgrade A large$0.90$2.27Gallon of milkwhole≈$1.76$4.11Gallon of gasregular unleaded$1.13$4.48Pound of coffeeground roast$2.51$9.33Minimum wagefederal, per hour$4.25$7.25Median new homeUS sale price$127,000$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

1,745 weeks of them

0

full moons

have risen since your first night

0.00B

miles traveled

33 laps around the Sun

06Born under

A Saturday's child, under Gemini.

Star sign

Gemini

Air sign

Chinese zodiac

Rooster

Water Rooster

Birthstone

Emerald

for your month

Birth flower

Lily of the valley

for your month

Generation

Millennials

1981–1996

Day of the week

Saturday

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