Rewinding to Sunday 4 January 2004…

Sunday · Le Chesnay, Île-de-France Region, France

Victor, you arrived on 4 January 2004 in Le Chesnay.

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01The weather outside

A high of 3°C in Le Chesnay.

3°C/ 37°F high

Low of -5°C · 0.3 mm of precipitation · wind up to 16 km/h

The sun rose at 08:44 and set at 17:07 — 8h 23m of daylight.

02The sky that night

A waxing gibbous watched over you.

93% lit · 12.2 days into its cycle

Looking up from Le Chesnay that evening, you could have spotted Mars and Saturn without a telescope.

It was winter in your half of the world.

The Moon was 405,256 km away — farther than usual.

03On every radio

The chart-topper that week: “Hey Ya!”

by OutKast — number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for 9 weeks, taking over from “Stand Up”.

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04What a dollar bought

Your first receipt.

GENERAL STORE

PRICES IN THE U.S. · 2004-01-04

ITEM2004TODAYLoaf of white breadper lb$0.95$1.83Dozen eggsgrade A large$1.57$2.27Gallon of milkwhole$2.88$4.11Gallon of gasregular unleaded$1.59$4.48Pound of coffeeground roast$2.89$9.33Minimum wagefederal, per hour$5.15$7.25Median new homeUS sale price$212,700$393,300Postage stampfirst-class letter$0.37$0.78

BREAD COSTS 1.9× 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

1,192 weeks of them

0

full moons

have risen since your first night

0.00B

km travelled

22 laps around the Sun

06Born under

A Sunday's child, under Capricorn.

Star sign

Capricorn

Earth sign

Chinese zodiac

Goat

Water Goat

Birthstone

Garnet

for your month

Birth flower

Carnation

for your month

Generation

Generation Z

1997–2012

Day of the week

Sunday

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