Rewinding to Wednesday 24 April 1996…
Wednesday · Ipswich, Queensland, Australia
The world on 24 April 1996 in Ipswich.
Scroll back in time ↓01The weather outside
A high of 25°C in Ipswich.
25°C/ 77°F high
Low of 18°C · 8.4 mm of precipitation · wind up to 13 km/h
The sun rose at 6:10 am and set at 5:23 pm — 11h 13m of daylight.
02The sky that night
A waxing crescent watched over you.
37% lit · 6.1 days into its cycle
No bright planets were above Ipswich's horizon that evening — the moon had the sky to itself.
It was autumn in your half of the world.
The Moon was 404,220 km away — farther than usual.
03On every radio
The chart-topper that week: “Because You Loved Me (From "Up Close & Personal")”
by Celine Dion — number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for 6 weeks, taking over from “One Sweet Day”.
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04What a dollar bought
Your first receipt.
GENERAL STORE
PRICES IN THE U.S. · 1996-04-24
BREAD COSTS 2.1× 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
1,593 weeks of them
0
full moons
have risen since your first night
0.00B
km travelled
30 laps around the Sun
06Born under
A Wednesday's child, under Taurus.
Star sign
Taurus
Earth sign
Chinese zodiac
Rat
Fire Rat
Birthstone
Diamond
for your month
Birth flower
Daisy
for your month
Generation
Millennials
1981–1996
Day of the week
Wednesday
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