Rewinding to Saturday 30 July 1966…

Saturday · London, England, United Kingdom

The world on 30 July 1966 in London.

Outside

18°C, light rain

Moon

waxing gibbous

#1 song

Wild Thing

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01The weather outside

It was light rain in London.

18°C/ 64°F high

Low of 11°C · 3.3 mm of rain · wind up to 16 mph

The sun rose at 04:20 and set at 19:52 — 15h 32m of daylight.

Reconstructed from the ERA5 climate reanalysis — the closest thing we have to a weather time machine.

02The sky that night

A waxing gibbous watched over you.

98% lit · 13.3 days into its cycle

No bright planets were above London's horizon that evening — the moon had the sky to itself.

It was summer in your half of the world.

03On every radio

The chart-topper that week: “Wild Thing”

by The Troggs — number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for 2 weeks, taking over from “Hanky Panky”.

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04What a dollar bought

Your first receipt.

GENERAL STORE

PRICES IN THE U.S. · 1966-07-30

ITEM1966TODAYLoaf of white breadper lb≈$0.18$1.83Dozen eggsgrade A large≈$0.22$2.27Gallon of milkwhole≈$0.40$4.11Gallon of gasregular unleaded≈$0.43$4.48Pound of coffeeground roast≈$0.90$9.33Minimum wagefederal, per hour$1.25$7.25Median new homeUS sale price$21,500$393,300Postage stampfirst-class letter$0.05$0.78

BREAD COSTS 10× 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

3,144 weeks of them

0

full moons

have risen since your first night

0.00B

miles travelled

60 laps around the Sun

Mark your calendar: you’ll be 2 billion seconds old on December 14, 2029 — 1,140 days from now.

06Born under

A Saturday's child, under Leo.

Star sign

♌ Leo

Fire sign

Chinese zodiac

🐎 Horse

Fire Horse

Birthstone

Ruby

for your month

Birth flower

Larkspur

for your month

Generation

Generation X

1965–1980

Day of the week

Saturday

07 — 11 Still sealed

There’s more to your day.

5 more chapters are waiting, rebuilt from the same archives.

  • Your star

    A real star in Gemini, 60.5 light-years away.

  • The world that day

    2 moments in history happened on your exact date.

  • Birthday twins

    12 well-known people share your birthday.

  • If someone had invested

    The stock market has grown about 89× since you arrived.

  • Who ran the country in 1966

    2 leaders were in office the day you arrived.

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