Rewinding to Wednesday, October 30, 1996…
Wednesday · Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States
The world on October 30, 1996 in Grand Rapids.
Scroll back in time ↓01The weather outside
A high of 56°F in Grand Rapids.
56°F/ 13°C high
Low of 30°F · 0.10 in of precipitation · wind up to 34 mph
The sun rose at 7:15 am and set at 5:36 pm — 10h 22m of daylight.
02The sky that night
A waning gibbous watched over you.
79% lit · 19.2 days into its cycle
Looking up from Grand Rapids that evening, you could have spotted Saturn without a telescope.
It was autumn in your half of the world.
The Moon was 246,582 miles away — farther than usual.
03On every radio
The chart-topper that week: “Macarena (Bayside Boys Mix)”
by Los Del Rio — number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for 14 weeks, taking over from “You're Makin' Me High/Let It Flow”.
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04What a dollar bought
Your first receipt.
GENERAL STORE
GRAND RAPIDS · 1996-10-30
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
1,566 weeks of them
0
full moons
have risen since your first night
0.00B
miles traveled
30 laps around the Sun
06Born under
A Wednesday's child, under Scorpio.
Star sign
Scorpio
Water sign
Chinese zodiac
Rat
Fire Rat
Birthstone
Opal
for your month
Birth flower
Marigold
for your month
Generation
Millennials
1981–1996
Day of the week
Wednesday
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