You're one of the first people who's never lived in a world without sunscreen.
In June 2015, James Hamblin offered advice on choosing the best sunscreen.
Around the time you were born, 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.
You were born in January of 1945. This year, The Atlantic celebrates its 160th birthday, making it 2 times as old as you.
The year you were born, Virgil W. Peterson wrote about the unreasonable leniency of the American justice system, as authorities prepared for a post-war crime wave.
Around your 18th birthday, West Germany and France signed the Elysee Treaty, establishing new friendly relations between the two.
In December 2011, Heather Horn wrote about the problems with modern European diplomatic agreements.
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At 24 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 MTV.
In August 2011, Leah Carroll talked with MTV News anchor Kurt Loder on the network's 30th birthday.
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In 1984, Priscilla Presley, who was born the same year as you, won the Soap Opera Digest Award for New Actress in a Prime Time Soap Opera for her role on Dallas.
In August 2011, Sean Coons wrote about the life and legacy of Presley's father Elvis.
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When you turned 62, 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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