Rewinding to Saturday 12 July 1997…
Saturday · Mingora, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
Malala, you arrived on 12 July 1997 in Mingora.
Scroll back in time ↓01The weather outside
A high of 30°C in Mingora.
30°C/ 87°F high
Low of 18°C · 0.5 mm of precipitation · wind up to 23 km/h
The sun rose at 5:06 am and set at 7:25 pm — 14h 19m of daylight.
02The sky that night
A first quarter watched over you.
48% lit · 7.2 days into its cycle
Looking up from Mingora that evening, you could have spotted Mars without a telescope.
It was summer in your half of the world.
The Moon was 400,562 km away — farther than usual.
03On every radio
The chart-topper that week: “I'll Be Missing You”
by Puff Daddy & Faith Evans Featuring 112 — number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for 11 weeks, taking over from “MMMBop”.
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04What a dollar bought
Your first receipt.
GENERAL STORE
PRICES IN THE U.S. · 1997-07-12
BREAD COSTS 2.1× 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
1,530 weeks of them
0
full moons
have risen since your first night
0.00B
km travelled
29 laps around the Sun
06Born under
A Saturday's child, under Cancer.
Star sign
Cancer
Water sign
Chinese zodiac
Ox
Fire Ox
Birthstone
Ruby
for your month
Birth flower
Larkspur
for your month
Generation
Generation Z
1997–2012
Day of the week
Saturday
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