Rewinding to Thursday, May 3, 2001…

Thursday · Hackensack, New Jersey, United States

Rachel, you arrived on May 3, 2001 in Hackensack.

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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

ITEM2001TODAYLoaf of white breadper lb$0.99$1.83Dozen eggsgrade A large$0.88$2.27Gallon of milkwhole$2.89$4.11Gallon of gasregular unleaded$1.73$4.48Pound of coffeeground roast$3.10$9.33Minimum wagefederal, per hour$5.15$7.25Median new homeUS sale price$179,000$393,300Postage stampfirst-class letter$0.34$0.78

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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