Rewinding to Friday 3 January 2003…
Friday · Stockholm, Sweden
The world on 3 January 2003 in Stockholm.
Scroll back in time ↓01The weather outside
A high of -11°C in Stockholm.
-11°C/ 13°F high
Low of -15°C · 0.5 mm of precipitation · wind up to 10 km/h
The sun rose at 08:43 and set at 15:01 — 6h 18m of daylight.
02The sky that night
A waxing crescent watched over you.
1% lit · 1 days into its cycle
Looking up from Stockholm that evening, you could have spotted Jupiter and Saturn without a telescope.
It was winter in your half of the world.
The Moon was 379,282 km away, right about average.
03On every radio
The chart-topper that week: “Lose Yourself”
by Eminem — number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for 12 weeks, taking over from “Dilemma”.
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04What a dollar bought
Your first receipt.
Sweden’s shop prices from 2003 aren’t in the records we use, so here is what the same basket cost in the US that day.
GENERAL STORE
PRICES IN THE U.S. · 2003-01-03
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
1,244 weeks of them
0
full moons
have risen since your first night
0.00B
km travelled
23 laps around the Sun
06Born under
A Friday's child, under Capricorn.
Star sign
Capricorn
Earth sign
Chinese zodiac
Horse
Water Horse
Birthstone
Garnet
for your month
Birth flower
Carnation
for your month
Generation
Generation Z
1997–2012
Day of the week
Friday
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