Rewinding to Monday, March 20, 2006…

Monday · New York, United States

The world on March 20, 2006 in New York.

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01The weather outside

A high of 38°F in New York.

38°F/ 4°C high

Low of 29°F · dry · wind up to 20 mph

The sun rose at 5:59 am and set at 6:08 pm — 12h 8m of daylight.

Daily estimates from NASA POWER on a regional grid, using local solar days. Sunrise and sunset are calculated for this city.

Reconstructed from historical climate data — the closest thing we have to a weather time machine.

02The sky that night

A waning gibbous watched over you.

68% lit · 20.4 days into its cycle

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

It was spring in your half of the world.

The Moon was 240,441 miles away, right about average.

03On every radio

The chart-topper that week: “So Sick”

by Ne-Yo — number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for 2 weeks, taking over from “You're Beautiful”.

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04What a dollar bought

Your first receipt.

GENERAL STORE

NEW YORK · 2006-03-20

ITEM2006TODAYLoaf of white breadper lb$1.04$1.83Dozen eggsgrade A large$1.30$2.27Gallon of milkwhole$3.16$4.11Gallon of gasregular unleaded$2.40$4.48Pound of coffeeground roast$3.30$9.33Minimum wagefederal, per hour$5.15$7.25Median new homeUS sale price$247,700$393,300Postage stampfirst-class letter$0.39$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

1,076 weeks of them

0

full moons

have risen since your first night

0.00B

miles traveled

20 laps around the Sun

06Born under

A Monday's child, under Pisces.

Star sign

Pisces

Water sign

Chinese zodiac

Dog

Fire Dog

Birthstone

Aquamarine

for your month

Birth flower

Daffodil

for your month

Generation

Generation Z

1997–2012

Day of the week

Monday

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