You're one of the first people who's never lived in a world without Winnie-the-Pooh.
In August 2016, Maria Konnikova wrote about what grown-ups can learn from kids' books like Winnie-the-Pooh.
Around the time you were born, the first transatlantic telephone call was made via radio.
In April 2000, Leslie Leyland Fields wrote about the first phone installed in her Alaskan fishing village in 1989.
You were born in January of 1927. This year, The Atlantic celebrates its 160th birthday, making it 1.7 times as old as you.
The year you were born, Alfred E. Smith responded to perceived conflicts between his religion and his political allegiance, as he campaigned to become the nation's first Catholic president.
Around your 18th birthday, the MV Wilhelm Gustloff was sunk by Soviet submarine S-13 in the Baltic Sea.
In June 2002, Norman Stone wrote about the end of World War II on the Eastern Front.
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At 42 years old, you were alive to behold people walking on the moon.
Over the years, the moon landing has come to be lauded as the pinnacle of human achievement, although it was often derided at the time. In 1963, NASA astronauts took to The Atlantic to plead the case for landing on the moon.
Your life can be divided into two halves: before and after The Godfather.
In September 2015, David Sims argued that Martin Scorcese's Goodfellas endures as a more realistic, if not more beloved, portrayal of the mafia than even the Francis Ford Coppola classic.
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When you turned 80, you watched humankind reach the outer solar system.
With NASA's Cassini-Huygens mission in 2005, humans landed a probe in the outer reaches of the solar system for the first time, a moment Ross Andersen called the most glorious mission in the history of planetary science.
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In 2013, Pope Benedict XVI, who was born the same year as you, announced that he would resign, becoming the first pope in centuries to step down from his post.
In the January/February 2006 issue, Paul Elie wrote about what Joseph Ratzinger stepping into the shoes of John Paul II meant for the Catholic Church.
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