Rewinding to Friday, March 14, 1997…
Friday · Columbus, Ohio, United States
The world on March 14, 1997 in Columbus.
Scroll back in time ↓01The weather outside
A high of 56°F in Columbus.
56°F/ 13°C high
Low of 24°F · 0.27 in of precipitation · wind up to 28 mph
The sun rose at 6:44 am and set at 6:38 pm — 11h 53m 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 first quarter watched over you.
41% lit · 6.5 days into its cycle
Looking up from Columbus that evening, you could have spotted Mars without a telescope.
It was spring in your half of the world.
The Moon was 241,216 miles away, right about average.
03On every radio
The chart-topper that week: “Wannabe”
by Spice Girls — number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for 4 weeks, taking over from “Un-Break My Heart”.
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04What a dollar bought
Your first receipt.
GENERAL STORE
COLUMBUS · 1997-03-14
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
1,547 weeks of them
0
full moons
have risen since your first night
0.00B
miles travelled
29 laps around the Sun
06Born under
A Friday's child, under Pisces.
Star sign
Pisces
Water sign
Chinese zodiac
Ox
Fire Ox
Birthstone
Aquamarine
for your month
Birth flower
Daffodil
for your month
Generation
Generation Z
1997–2012
Day of the week
Friday
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