Rewinding to Friday, April 9, 1999…

Friday · Atlanta, Georgia, United States

The world on April 9, 1999 in Atlanta.

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01The weather outside

A high of 80°F in Atlanta.

80°F/ 26°C high

Low of 65°F · dry · wind up to 16 mph

The sun rose at 7:15 am and set at 8:03 pm — 12h 49m of daylight.

02The sky that night

A last quarter watched over you.

41% lit · 23 days into its cycle

Looking up from Atlanta that evening, you could have spotted Venus without a telescope.

It was spring in your half of the world.

The Moon was 243,065 miles away, right about average.

03On every radio

The chart-topper that week: “Believe”

by Cher — number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for 4 weeks, taking over from “Angel Of Mine”.

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04What a dollar bought

Your first receipt.

GENERAL STORE

ATLANTA · 1999-04-09

ITEM1999TODAYLoaf of white breadper lb$0.90$1.83Dozen eggsgrade A large$0.94$2.27Gallon of milkwhole$2.71$4.11Gallon of gasregular unleaded$1.18$4.48Pound of coffeeground roast$3.47$9.33Minimum wagefederal, per hour$5.15$7.25Median new homeUS sale price$158,700$393,300Postage stampfirst-class letter$0.33$0.78

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

1,439 weeks of them

0

full moons

have risen since your first night

0.00B

miles traveled

27 laps around the Sun

06Born under

A Friday's child, under Aries.

Star sign

Aries

Fire sign

Chinese zodiac

Rabbit

Earth Rabbit

Birthstone

Diamond

for your month

Birth flower

Daisy

for your month

Generation

Generation Z

1997–2012

Day of the week

Friday

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