Rewinding to Thursday 24 June 1999…

Thursday · Artigas, Uruguay

The world on 24 June 1999 in Artigas.

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01The weather outside

A high of 21°C in Artigas.

21°C/ 71°F high

Low of 13°C · dry · wind up to 14 km/h

The sun rose at 07:42 and set at 17:53 — 10h 11m of daylight.

02The sky that night

A waxing gibbous watched over you.

87% lit · 11.3 days into its cycle

Looking up from Artigas that evening, you could have spotted Mars without a telescope.

It was winter in your half of the world.

The Moon was 405,656 km away — farther than usual.

03On every radio

The chart-topper that week: “If You Had My Love”

by Jennifer Lopez — number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for 5 weeks, taking over from “Livin' La Vida Loca”.

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04What a dollar bought

Your first receipt.

GENERAL STORE

PRICES IN THE U.S. · 1999-06-24

ITEM1999TODAYLoaf of white breadper lb$0.89$1.83Dozen eggsgrade A large$0.95$2.27Gallon of milkwhole$2.70$4.11Gallon of gasregular unleaded$1.15$4.48Pound of coffeeground roast$3.42$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 2.1× 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

1,428 weeks of them

0

full moons

have risen since your first night

0.00B

km travelled

27 laps around the Sun

06Born under

A Thursday's child, under Cancer.

Star sign

Cancer

Water sign

Chinese zodiac

Rabbit

Earth Rabbit

Birthstone

Pearl

for your month

Birth flower

Rose

for your month

Generation

Generation Z

1997–2012

Day of the week

Thursday

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