Rewinding to Wednesday, October 8, 1997…
Wednesday · Pembroke Pines, Florida, United States
The world on October 8, 1997 in Pembroke Pines.
Scroll back in time ↓01The weather outside
A high of 83°F in Pembroke Pines.
83°F/ 28°C high
Low of 79°F · 0.11 in of precipitation · wind up to 19 mph
The sun rose at 7:16 am and set at 6:59 pm — 11h 43m of daylight.
02The sky that night
A first quarter watched over you.
45% lit · 6.9 days into its cycle
Looking up from Pembroke Pines that evening, you could have spotted Mars, Jupiter, Saturn without a telescope.
It was autumn in your half of the world.
The Moon was 236,977 miles away, right about average.
03On every radio
The chart-topper that week: “4 Seasons Of Loneliness”
by Boyz II Men — number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for 1 week, taking over from “Honey”.
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04What a dollar bought
Your first receipt.
GENERAL STORE
PEMBROKE PINES · 1997-10-08
BREAD COSTS 2.0× 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
1,517 weeks of them
0
full moons
have risen since your first night
0.00B
miles traveled
29 laps around the Sun
06Born under
A Wednesday's child, under Libra.
Star sign
Libra
Air sign
Chinese zodiac
Ox
Fire Ox
Birthstone
Opal
for your month
Birth flower
Marigold
for your month
Generation
Generation Z
1997–2012
Day of the week
Wednesday
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