Princess Di's death date
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I woke up today with a strange thought: "I'm probably about the same age as Princess Diana was when she died." I can't recall ever having this occur to me in my life. I'm not a particular fan of Diana or the Royal Family, and they generally occupy very little of my mental bandwidth. Out of curiosity, I looked up Diana's age of death. She was 36 years and 61 days old. As of today (when I looked this up), I'm 36 years and 60 days old...one day younger.
This becomes even eerier if I compare our ages this way: Diana was one day shy of being 36 years and 2 months old when she died. Because her birthday (July 1) preceded 2 31-day months, and my own birthday precedes a 31-day month followed by a 30-day month, I am one day shy of 36 years and 2 months today, the exact same "age" (if the definition of age is stretched a bit). This was actually the first comparison that occurred to me before I counted the days exactly.
Regardless of which definition is used (resulting in my being the same age or my being one day younger than she was at death), the fact that this occurred to me today is unsettling. And while I'm practically certain this is nothing more than an odd coincidence, I'm looking over my shoulder a bit more today (and probably will be tomorrow)!
Date submitted:Thu, 27 Jul 2017 03:24:47 +0000Coincidence ID:9335