Rewinding to Thursday, April 9, 1998…

Thursday · Conyers, Georgia, United States

The world on April 9, 1998 in Conyers.

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01The weather outside

A high of 70°F in Conyers.

70°F/ 21°C high

Low of 49°F · 0.42 in of precipitation · wind up to 14 mph

The sun rose at 7:13 am and set at 8:02 pm — 12h 49m of daylight.

02The sky that night

A waxing gibbous watched over you.

97% lit · 13.1 days into its cycle

No bright planets were above Conyers's horizon that evening — the moon had the sky to itself.

It was spring in your half of the world.

The Moon was 252,256 miles away — farther than usual.

03On every radio

The chart-topper that week: “All My Life”

by K-Ci & JoJo — number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for 3 weeks, taking over from “Gettin' Jiggy Wit It”.

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04What a dollar bought

Your first receipt.

GENERAL STORE

CONYERS · 1998-04-09

ITEM1998TODAYLoaf of white breadper lb$0.86$1.83Dozen eggsgrade A large$1.06$2.27Gallon of milkwhole$2.67$4.11Gallon of gasregular unleaded$1.05$4.48Pound of coffeeground roast$3.96$9.33Minimum wagefederal, per hour$5.15$7.25Median new homeUS sale price$149,500$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

1,491 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 Aries.

Star sign

Aries

Fire sign

Chinese zodiac

Tiger

Earth Tiger

Birthstone

Diamond

for your month

Birth flower

Daisy

for your month

Generation

Generation Z

1997–2012

Day of the week

Thursday

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