Rewinding to Saturday 28 September 1968…
Saturday · Shoreham, England, United Kingdom
Naomi, you arrived on 28 September 1968 in Shoreham.
Scroll back in time ↓01The weather outside
A high of 16°C in Shoreham.
16°C/ 61°F high
Low of 10°C · 4.8 mm of rain
The sun rose at 06:54 and set at 18:43 — 11h 49m of daylight.
02The sky that night
A first quarter watched over you.
46% lit · 7 days into its cycle
Looking up from Shoreham that evening, you could have spotted Saturn without a telescope.
It was autumn in your half of the world.
The Moon was 230,130 miles away — closer than usual.
03On every radio
The chart-topper that week: “Hey Jude”
by The Beatles — number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for 9 weeks, taking over from “Harper Valley P.T.A.”.
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04What a dollar bought
Your first receipt.
GENERAL STORE
PRICES IN THE U.S. · 1968-09-28
BREAD COSTS 9.6× 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
3,032 weeks of them
0
full moons
have risen since your first night
0.00B
miles traveled
58 laps around the Sun
06Born under
A Saturday's child, under Libra.
Star sign
Libra
Air sign
Chinese zodiac
Monkey
Earth Monkey
Birthstone
Sapphire
for your month
Birth flower
Aster
for your month
Generation
Generation X
1965–1980
Day of the week
Saturday
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