Rewinding to Wednesday, September 3, 2003…

Wednesday · San Francisco, California, United States

The world on September 3, 2003 in San Francisco.

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01The weather outside

A high of 72°F in San Francisco.

72°F/ 22°C high

Low of 59°F · 0.01 in of precipitation · wind up to 10 mph

The sun rose at 6:41 am and set at 7:36 pm — 12h 55m of daylight.

02The sky that night

A first quarter watched over you.

57% lit · 8.1 days into its cycle

Looking up from San Francisco that evening, you could have spotted Mars without a telescope.

It was autumn in your half of the world.

The Moon was 231,023 miles away — closer than usual.

03On every radio

The chart-topper that week: “Crazy In Love”

by Beyonce Featuring Jay Z — number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for 8 weeks, taking over from “This Is The Night”.

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04What a dollar bought

Your first receipt.

GENERAL STORE

SAN FRANCISCO · 2003-09-03

ITEM2003TODAYLoaf of white breadper lb$0.99$1.83Dozen eggsgrade A large$1.26$2.27Gallon of milkwhole$2.90$4.11Gallon of gasregular unleaded$1.73$4.48Pound of coffeeground roast$2.92$9.33Minimum wagefederal, per hour$5.15$7.25Median new homeUS sale price$191,900$393,300Postage stampfirst-class letter$0.37$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

1,209 weeks of them

0

full moons

have risen since your first night

0.00B

miles traveled

23 laps around the Sun

06Born under

A Wednesday's child, under Virgo.

Star sign

Virgo

Earth sign

Chinese zodiac

Goat

Water Goat

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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