Rewinding to Thursday, February 19, 1998…

Thursday · Willard, Missouri, United States

Chappell, you arrived on February 19, 1998 in Willard.

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01The weather outside

A high of 40°F in Willard.

40°F/ 5°C high

Low of 30°F · dry · wind up to 8 mph

The sun rose at 6:58 am and set at 5:57 pm — 10h 59m 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 last quarter watched over you.

45% lit · 22.6 days into its cycle

Looking up from Willard that evening, you could have spotted Saturn without a telescope.

It was winter in your half of the world.

The Moon was 244,908 miles away — farther than usual.

03On every radio

The chart-topper that week: “Nice & Slow”

by Usher — number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for 2 weeks, taking over from “Together Again”.

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04What a dollar bought

Your first receipt.

GENERAL STORE

WILLARD · 1998-02-19

ITEM1998TODAYLoaf of white breadper lb$0.86$1.83Dozen eggsgrade A large$1.07$2.27Gallon of milkwhole$2.65$4.11Gallon of gasregular unleaded$1.08$4.48Pound of coffeeground roast$3.97$9.33Minimum wagefederal, per hour$5.15$7.25Median new homeUS sale price$152,200$393,300Postage stampfirst-class letter$0.32$0.78

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

1,498 weeks of them

0

full moons

have risen since your first night

0.00B

miles traveled

28 laps around the Sun

06Born under

A Thursday's child, under Pisces.

Star sign

Pisces

Water sign

Chinese zodiac

Tiger

Earth Tiger

Birthstone

Amethyst

for your month

Birth flower

Violet

for your month

Generation

Generation Z

1997–2012

Day of the week

Thursday

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