Rewinding to Monday, July 26, 1993…

Monday · St Louis, Missouri, United States

The world on July 26, 1993 in St Louis.

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01The weather outside

A high of 87°F in St Louis.

87°F/ 31°C high

Low of 76°F · 0.04 in of precipitation · wind up to 6 mph

The sun rose at 5:57 am and set at 8:16 pm — 14h 19m of daylight.

02The sky that night

A first quarter watched over you.

61% lit · 8.4 days into its cycle

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

It was summer in your half of the world.

The Moon was 232,841 miles away — closer than usual.

03On every radio

The chart-topper that week: “Can't Help Falling In Love (From "Sliver")”

by UB40 — number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for 7 weeks, taking over from “Weak”.

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04What a dollar bought

Your first receipt.

GENERAL STORE

ST LOUIS · 1993-07-26

ITEM1993TODAYLoaf of white breadper lb$0.76$1.83Dozen eggsgrade A large$0.90$2.27Gallon of milkwhole≈$1.76$4.11Gallon of gasregular unleaded$1.11$4.48Pound of coffeeground roast$2.55$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

1,736 weeks of them

0

full moons

have risen since your first night

0.00B

miles traveled

33 laps around the Sun

06Born under

A Monday's child, under Leo.

Star sign

Leo

Fire sign

Chinese zodiac

Rooster

Water Rooster

Birthstone

Ruby

for your month

Birth flower

Larkspur

for your month

Generation

Millennials

1981–1996

Day of the week

Monday

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