Rewinding to Wednesday 12 July 2000…
Wednesday · São Gonçalo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
The world on 12 July 2000 in São Gonçalo.
Scroll back in time ↓01The weather outside
A high of 24°C in São Gonçalo.
24°C/ 75°F high
Low of 19°C · 3.7 mm of precipitation · wind up to 30 km/h
The sun rose at 06:32 and set at 17:22 — 10h 50m of daylight.
02The sky that night
A waxing gibbous watched over you.
89% lit · 11.6 days into its cycle
No bright planets were above São Gonçalo's horizon that evening — the moon had the sky to itself.
It was winter in your half of the world.
The Moon was 403,602 km away — farther than usual.
03On every radio
The chart-topper that week: “Be With You”
by Enrique Iglesias — number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for 3 weeks, taking over from “Try Again”.
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04What a dollar bought
Your first receipt.
GENERAL STORE
PRICES IN THE U.S. · 2000-07-12
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
1,373 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 Cancer.
Star sign
Cancer
Water sign
Chinese zodiac
Dragon
Metal Dragon
Birthstone
Ruby
for your month
Birth flower
Larkspur
for your month
Generation
Generation Z
1997–2012
Day of the week
Wednesday
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