Rewinding to Tuesday, May 21, 1996…
Tuesday · Firebaugh, California, United States
Josh, you arrived on May 21, 1996 in Firebaugh.
Scroll back in time ↓01The weather outside
A high of 74°F in Firebaugh.
74°F/ 23°C high
Low of 49°F · 0.02 in of precipitation · wind up to 12 mph
The sun rose at 5:49 am and set at 8:07 pm — 14h 19m of daylight.
Daily estimates from NASA POWER on a regional grid, using local solar days. Sunrise and sunset are calculated for this city.
Reconstructed from historical climate data — the closest thing we have to a weather time machine.
02The sky that night
A waxing crescent watched over you.
20% lit · 4.3 days into its cycle
Looking up from Firebaugh that evening, you could have spotted Venus without a telescope.
It was spring in your half of the world.
The Moon was 251,603 miles away — farther than usual.
03On every radio
The chart-topper that week: “Tha Crossroads”
by Bone Thugs-N-Harmony — number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for 8 weeks, taking over from “Always Be My Baby”.
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04What a dollar bought
Your first receipt.
GENERAL STORE
FIREBAUGH · 1996-05-21
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
1,589 weeks of them
0
full moons
have risen since your first night
0.00B
miles traveled
30 laps around the Sun
06Born under
A Tuesday's child, under Gemini.
Star sign
Gemini
Air 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
Tuesday
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