Rewinding to Thursday, May 9, 1996…
Thursday · Miami, Florida, United States
The world on May 9, 1996 in Miami.
Scroll back in time ↓01The weather outside
A high of 80°F in Miami.
80°F/ 27°C high
Low of 77°F · 0.04 in of precipitation · wind up to 19 mph
The sun rose at 6:38 am and set at 7:56 pm — 13h 18m of daylight.
02The sky that night
A last quarter watched over you.
52% lit · 22 days into its cycle
Looking up from Miami that evening, you could have spotted Venus without a telescope.
It was spring in your half of the world.
The Moon was 230,294 miles away — closer than usual.
03On every radio
The chart-topper that week: “Always Be My Baby”
by Mariah Carey — number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for 2 weeks, taking over from “Because You Loved Me (From "Up Close & Personal")”.
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04What a dollar bought
Your first receipt.
GENERAL STORE
MIAMI · 1996-05-09
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
1,591 weeks of them
0
full moons
have risen since your first night
0.00B
miles traveled
30 laps around the Sun
06Born under
A Thursday's child, under Taurus.
Star sign
Taurus
Earth sign
Chinese zodiac
Rat
Fire Rat
Birthstone
Emerald
for your month
Birth flower
Lily of the valley
for your month
Generation
Millennials
1981–1996
Day of the week
Thursday
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