Rewinding to Wednesday 10 November 1999…

Wednesday · Viseu, Portugal

João, you arrived on 10 November 1999 in Viseu.

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01The weather outside

A high of 17°C in Viseu.

17°C/ 62°F high

Low of 5°C · dry · wind up to 13 km/h

The sun rose at 07:11 and set at 17:18 — 10h 7m of daylight.

02The sky that night

A waxing crescent watched over you.

7% lit · 2.4 days into its cycle

Looking up from Viseu that evening, you could have spotted Jupiter and Saturn without a telescope.

It was autumn in your half of the world.

The Moon was 406,149 km away — farther than usual.

03On every radio

The chart-topper that week: “Smooth”

by Santana Featuring Rob Thomas — number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for 12 weeks, taking over from “Heartbreaker”.

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04What a dollar bought

Your first receipt.

GENERAL STORE

PRICES IN THE U.S. · 1999-11-10

ITEM1999TODAYLoaf of white breadper lb$0.90$1.83Dozen eggsgrade A large$0.92$2.27Gallon of milkwhole$2.98$4.11Gallon of gasregular unleaded$1.26$4.48Pound of coffeeground roast$3.34$9.33Minimum wagefederal, per hour$5.15$7.25Median new homeUS sale price$165,300$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

1,408 weeks of them

0

full moons

have risen since your first night

0.00B

km travelled

26 laps around the Sun

06Born under

A Wednesday's child, under Scorpio.

Star sign

Scorpio

Water sign

Chinese zodiac

Rabbit

Earth Rabbit

Birthstone

Topaz

for your month

Birth flower

Chrysanthemum

for your month

Generation

Generation Z

1997–2012

Day of the week

Wednesday

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