Rewinding to Thursday, October 14, 1993…
Thursday · Arlington Heights, Illinois, United States
The world on October 14, 1993 in Arlington Heights.
Scroll back in time ↓01The weather outside
A high of 57°F in Arlington Heights.
57°F/ 14°C high
Low of 33°F · dry · wind up to 16 mph
The sun rose at 7:03 am and set at 6:11 pm — 11h 8m of daylight.
02The sky that night
A new moon watched over you.
0% lit · 29.1 days into its cycle
Looking up from Arlington Heights that evening, you could have spotted Saturn without a telescope.
It was autumn in your half of the world.
The Moon was 221,974 miles away — closer than usual.
03On every radio
The chart-topper that week: “Dreamlover”
by Mariah Carey — number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for 8 weeks, taking over from “Can't Help Falling In Love (From "Sliver")”.
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04What a dollar bought
Your first receipt.
GENERAL STORE
ARLINGTON HEIGHTS · 1993-10-14
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
1,725 weeks of them
0
full moons
have risen since your first night
0.00B
miles traveled
33 laps around the Sun
06Born under
A Thursday's child, under Libra.
Star sign
Libra
Air sign
Chinese zodiac
Rooster
Water Rooster
Birthstone
Opal
for your month
Birth flower
Marigold
for your month
Generation
Millennials
1981–1996
Day of the week
Thursday
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