You're one of the first people who's never lived in a world without CD players.
In October 2012, Megan Garber wrote about the CD player turning 30 years old.
Around the time you were born, U.S. troops invaded Grenada with the support of Eugenia Charles of Dominica.
In November 2002, James Fallows wrote about how the war in Iraq would require an occupation unlike what occurred in previous American wars.
You were born in October of 1983. This year, The Atlantic celebrates its 160th birthday, making it 4 times as old as you.
The year you were born, James Fallows wrote about the economic, demographic, and social effects of U.S. immigration.
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This is what Hollywood thought teenagers looked like the year you became one.
The Craft was released in 1996.
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In 1998, Mila Kunis, who was born the same year as you, began starring in the sitcom That '70s Show.
In February 2015, Christopher Orr wrote a review of the disastrous film Jupiter Ascending, which starred Mila Kunis.
Your life can be divided into two halves: before and after the euro.
In December 2011, Jim Tankersley wrote about how the euro's failure could cause another American recession.
Around your 18th birthday, terrorist attacks against the United States left 2,996 dead and caused massive damage.
In November 2001, Michael Kelly offered retrospective on the first war of the 21st century.
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At 17 years old, you were part of the generation most shaped by 9/11.
The conflicts and displacements touched off around the world by the attacks have been reverberating for the majority of your life. “This ‘war’ [on terrorism] will never be over,” wrote James Fallows, a few years after the towers fell.
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When you turned 27, you witnessed the revolutionary fervor that transformed the Arab world in 2010, a movement led by your generation.
When 26-year-old Mohamed Bouazizi set himself on fire, he ignited a tinderbox of protests that continue to roil the Middle East, and kindled the beginnings of democracy in Tunisia.
By the time you turn 66, economist Jim O'Neill predicts that drug-resistant infections will kill one person every three seconds.
But it's possible to prevent that. In May 2016, Ed Yong wrote about the recommended steps to avert a post-antibiotic apocalypse.
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