Rewinding to Thursday 15 May 1997…
Thursday · Vernon, Normandy, France
The world on 15 May 1997 in Vernon.
Scroll back in time ↓01The weather outside
A high of 21°C in Vernon.
21°C/ 70°F high
Low of 10°C · 9.1 mm of precipitation · wind up to 19 km/h
The sun rose at 06:11 and set at 21:30 — 15h 18m of daylight.
02The sky that night
A waxing gibbous watched over you.
63% lit · 8.6 days into its cycle
Looking up from Vernon that evening, you could have spotted Venus and Mars without a telescope.
It was spring in your half of the world.
The Moon was 404,113 km away — farther than usual.
03On every radio
The chart-topper that week: “Hypnotize”
by The Notorious B.I.G. — number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for 3 weeks, taking over from “Can't Nobody Hold Me Down”.
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04What a dollar bought
Your first receipt.
France’s shop prices from 1997 aren’t in the records we use, so here is what the same basket cost in the US that day.
GENERAL STORE
PRICES IN THE U.S. · 1997-05-15
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
1,538 weeks of them
0
full moons
have risen since your first night
0.00B
km travelled
29 laps around the Sun
06Born under
A Thursday's child, under Taurus.
Star sign
Taurus
Earth sign
Chinese zodiac
Ox
Fire Ox
Birthstone
Emerald
for your month
Birth flower
Lily of the valley
for your month
Generation
Generation Z
1997–2012
Day of the week
Thursday
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