Rewinding to Saturday 24 June 1961…
Saturday · Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
Iain, you arrived on 24 June 1961 in Edinburgh.
Scroll back in time ↓01The weather outside
Looking up the weather in Edinburgh…
02The sky that night
A waxing gibbous watched over you.
83% lit · 10.7 days into its cycle
Looking up from Edinburgh that evening, you could have spotted Mars without a telescope.
It was summer in your half of the world.
The Moon was 236,092 miles away, right about average.
03On every radio
The chart-topper that week: “Moody River”
by Pat Boone — number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for 1 week, taking over from “Travelin' Man”.
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04What a dollar bought
Your first receipt.
GENERAL STORE
PRICES IN THE U.S. · 1961-06-24
BREAD COSTS 11× 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
3,411 weeks of them
0
full moons
have risen since your first night
0.00B
miles traveled
65 laps around the Sun
06Born under
A Saturday's child, under Cancer.
Star sign
Cancer
Water sign
Chinese zodiac
Ox
Metal Ox
Birthstone
Pearl
for your month
Birth flower
Rose
for your month
Generation
Baby Boomers
1946–1964
Day of the week
Saturday
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