Rewinding to Wednesday 12 July 1995…
Wednesday · Kingston upon Thames, England, United Kingdom
The world on 12 July 1995 in Kingston upon Thames.
Scroll back in time ↓01The weather outside
A high of 24°C in Kingston upon Thames.
24°C/ 75°F high
Low of 14°C · dry · wind up to 14 mph
The sun rose at 04:58 and set at 21:14 — 16h 17m of daylight.
02The sky that night
A full moon watched over you.
100% lit · 15.2 days into its cycle
Looking up from Kingston upon Thames that evening, you could have spotted Mars and Jupiter without a telescope.
It was summer in your half of the world.
The Moon was 224,057 miles away — closer than usual, a supermoon.
03On every radio
The chart-topper that week: “Waterfalls”
by TLC — number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for 7 weeks, taking over from “Have You Ever Really Loved A Woman?”.
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04What a pound bought
Your first receipt.
GENERAL STORE
PRICES IN UNITED KINGDOM · 1995-07-12
Measured shop prices
Prices: Office for National Statistics (UK)
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
1,634 weeks of them
0
full moons
have risen since your first night
0.00B
miles traveled
31 laps around the Sun
06Born under
A Wednesday's child, under Cancer.
Star sign
Cancer
Water sign
Chinese zodiac
Pig
Wood Pig
Birthstone
Ruby
for your month
Birth flower
Larkspur
for your month
Generation
Millennials
1981–1996
Day of the week
Wednesday
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