Rewinding to Friday 6 April 2001…
Friday · Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Oscar, you arrived on 6 April 2001 in Melbourne.
Scroll back in time ↓01The weather outside
A high of 25°C in Melbourne.
25°C/ 78°F high
Low of 13°C · dry · wind up to 12 km/h
The sun rose at 6:38 am and set at 6:06 pm — 11h 28m of daylight.
02The sky that night
A waxing gibbous watched over you.
96% lit · 12.9 days into its cycle
No bright planets were above Melbourne's horizon that evening — the moon had the sky to itself.
It was autumn in your half of the world.
The Moon was 365,491 km away — closer than usual.
03On every radio
The chart-topper that week: “Angel”
by Shaggy Featuring Rayvon — number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for 1 week, taking over from “Butterfly”.
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04What a dollar bought
Your first receipt.
GENERAL STORE
PRICES IN THE U.S. · 2001-04-06
BREAD COSTS 1.8× 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
1,335 weeks of them
0
full moons
have risen since your first night
0.00B
km travelled
25 laps around the Sun
06Born under
A Friday's child, under Aries.
Star sign
Aries
Fire sign
Chinese zodiac
Snake
Metal Snake
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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