Rewinding to Friday, September 18, 1998…

Friday · Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States

Christian, you arrived on September 18, 1998 in Hershey.

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01The weather outside

A high of 84°F in Hershey.

84°F/ 29°C high

Low of 52°F · dry · wind up to 5 mph

The sun rose at 6:50 am and set at 7:10 pm — 12h 20m of daylight.

02The sky that night

A waning crescent watched over you.

3% lit · 28 days into its cycle

Looking up from Hershey that evening, you could have spotted Jupiter without a telescope.

It was autumn in your half of the world.

The Moon was 247,331 miles away — farther than usual.

03On every radio

The chart-topper that week: “I Don't Want To Miss A Thing”

by Aerosmith — number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for 4 weeks, taking over from “The Boy Is Mine”.

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04What a dollar bought

Your first receipt.

GENERAL STORE

HERSHEY · 1998-09-18

ITEM1998TODAYLoaf of white breadper lb$0.86$1.83Dozen eggsgrade A large$1.02$2.27Gallon of milkwhole$2.76$4.11Gallon of gasregular unleaded$1.03$4.48Pound of coffeeground roast$3.62$9.33Minimum wagefederal, per hour$5.15$7.25Median new homeUS sale price$153,000$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

1,468 weeks of them

0

full moons

have risen since your first night

0.00B

miles traveled

28 laps around the Sun

06Born under

A Friday's child, under Virgo.

Star sign

Virgo

Earth sign

Chinese zodiac

Tiger

Earth Tiger

Birthstone

Sapphire

for your month

Birth flower

Aster

for your month

Generation

Generation Z

1997–2012

Day of the week

Friday

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