Rewinding to Friday, February 14, 1997…
Friday · Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, United States
Madison, you arrived on February 14, 1997 in Myrtle Beach.
Scroll back in time ↓01The weather outside
A high of 69°F in Myrtle Beach.
69°F/ 21°C high
Low of 53°F · 0.79 in of precipitation · wind up to 27 mph
The sun rose at 7:00 am and set at 5:59 pm — 10h 58m of daylight.
02The sky that night
A first quarter watched over you.
57% lit · 8.1 days into its cycle
No bright planets were above Myrtle Beach's horizon that evening — the moon had the sky to itself.
It was winter in your half of the world.
The Moon was 241,977 miles away, right about average.
03On every radio
The chart-topper that week: “Un-Break My Heart”
by Toni Braxton — number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for 11 weeks, taking over from “No Diggity”.
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04What a dollar bought
Your first receipt.
GENERAL STORE
MYRTLE BEACH · 1997-02-14
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
1,551 weeks of them
0
full moons
have risen since your first night
0.00B
miles traveled
29 laps around the Sun
06Born under
A Friday's child, under Aquarius.
Star sign
Aquarius
Air sign
Chinese zodiac
Ox
Fire Ox
Birthstone
Amethyst
for your month
Birth flower
Violet
for your month
Generation
Generation Z
1997–2012
Day of the week
Friday
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