Rewinding to Monday 27 December 1993…

Monday · Oldham, England, United Kingdom

The world on 27 December 1993 in Oldham.

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01The weather outside

A high of 1°C in Oldham.

1°C/ 34°F high

Low of -2°C · dry · wind up to 12 mph

The sun rose at 08:24 and set at 15:54 — 7h 30m of daylight.

02The sky that night

A waxing gibbous watched over you.

99% lit · 13.7 days into its cycle

No bright planets were above Oldham's horizon that evening — the moon had the sky to itself.

It was winter in your half of the world.

The Moon was 242,260 miles away, right about average.

03On every radio

The chart-topper that week: “Hero”

by Mariah Carey — number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for 4 weeks, taking over from “Again”.

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04What a pound bought

Your first receipt.

GENERAL STORE

PRICES IN UNITED KINGDOM · 1993-12-27

ITEM1993TODAYSliced white loaf800 g£0.55£1.44Litre of milkfresh£0.60£1.17Kilo of flourwheat£0.41£0.57Kilo of potatoesnew, loose£0.49£1.58Kilo of bananas1 kg£1.00£1.05Kilo of sugarwhite£0.69£1.18Kilo of chickenwhole£2.10£3.87

Measured shop prices

Prices: Office for National Statistics (UK)

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

1,714 weeks of them

0

full moons

have risen since your first night

0.00B

miles traveled

32 laps around the Sun

06Born under

A Monday's child, under Capricorn.

Star sign

Capricorn

Earth sign

Chinese zodiac

Rooster

Water Rooster

Birthstone

Turquoise

for your month

Birth flower

Narcissus

for your month

Generation

Millennials

1981–1996

Day of the week

Monday

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