Rewinding to Wednesday 5 September 2001…
Wednesday · Ealing, England, United Kingdom
The world on 5 September 2001 in Ealing.
Scroll back in time ↓01The weather outside
A high of 17°C in Ealing.
17°C/ 63°F high
Low of 7°C · 3.5 mm of precipitation · wind up to 12 mph
The sun rose at 06:20 and set at 19:38 — 13h 18m of daylight.
02The sky that night
A waning gibbous watched over you.
92% lit · 17.4 days into its cycle
Looking up from Ealing that evening, you could have spotted Mars without a telescope.
It was autumn in your half of the world.
The Moon was 249,442 miles away — farther than usual.
03On every radio
The chart-topper that week: “Fallin'”
by Alicia Keys — number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for 6 weeks, taking over from “Bootylicious”.
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04What a pound bought
Your first receipt.
GENERAL STORE
PRICES IN UNITED KINGDOM · 2001-09-05
Measured shop prices
Prices: Office for National Statistics (UK)
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
1,313 weeks of them
0
full moons
have risen since your first night
0.00B
miles traveled
25 laps around the Sun
06Born under
A Wednesday's child, under Virgo.
Star sign
Virgo
Earth sign
Chinese zodiac
Snake
Metal Snake
Birthstone
Sapphire
for your month
Birth flower
Aster
for your month
Generation
Generation Z
1997–2012
Day of the week
Wednesday
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