Rewinding to Saturday 1 July 1961…
Saturday · Sandringham, England, United Kingdom
Princess, you arrived on 1 July 1961 in Sandringham.
Scroll back in time ↓01The weather outside
It was mostly clear in Sandringham.
26°C/ 79°F high
Low of 14°C · dry · wind up to 9 mph
The sun rose at 03:37 and set at 20:25 — 16h 49m of daylight.
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.
85% lit · 18.5 days into its cycle
Looking up from Sandringham that evening, you could have spotted Mars without a telescope.
It was summer in your half of the world.
The Moon was 225,540 miles away — closer than usual.
03On every radio
The chart-topper that week: “Quarter To Three”
by U.S. Bonds — number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for 2 weeks, taking over from “Moody River”.
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04What a dollar bought
Your first receipt.
GENERAL STORE
PRICES IN THE U.S. · 1961-07-01
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
3,410 weeks of them
0
full moons
have risen since your first night
0.00B
miles travelled
65 laps around the Sun
06Born under
A Saturday's child, under Cancer.
Star sign
Cancer
Water sign
Chinese zodiac
Ox
Metal Ox
Birthstone
Ruby
for your month
Birth flower
Larkspur
for your month
Generation
Baby Boomers
1946–1964
Day of the week
Saturday
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