Rewinding to Thursday, May 3, 2001…
Thursday · Hackensack, New Jersey, United States
The world on May 3, 2001 in Hackensack.
Scroll back in time ↓01The weather outside
A high of 85°F in Hackensack.
85°F/ 30°C high
Low of 57°F · dry · wind up to 8 mph
The sun rose at 5:51 am and set at 7:54 pm — 14h 3m of daylight.
02The sky that night
A waxing gibbous watched over you.
85% lit · 11 days into its cycle
Looking up from Hackensack that evening, you could have spotted Jupiter without a telescope.
It was spring in your half of the world.
The Moon was 230,270 miles away — closer than usual.
03On every radio
The chart-topper that week: “All For You”
by Janet — number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for 7 weeks, taking over from “Butterfly”.
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04What a dollar bought
Your first receipt.
GENERAL STORE
HACKENSACK · 2001-05-03
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
1,331 weeks of them
0
full moons
have risen since your first night
0.00B
miles traveled
25 laps around the Sun
06Born under
A Thursday's child, under Taurus.
Star sign
Taurus
Earth sign
Chinese zodiac
Snake
Metal Snake
Birthstone
Emerald
for your month
Birth flower
Lily of the valley
for your month
Generation
Generation Z
1997–2012
Day of the week
Thursday
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