You're one of the first people who's never lived in a world without LP records.
In December 1997, Jonathan Scull wrote about shopping for records in lower Manhattan.
Around the time you were born, the Communist Party of China took office in the country's capital, Beijing.
In October 2013, Larry Diamond wrote about how the Chinese government is introducing reforms to avoid a crisis after being in power for 70 years.
You were born in January of 1949. This year, The Atlantic celebrates its 160th birthday, making it 2 times as old as you.
The year you were born, Isaiah Berlin wrote about the life and writings of Winston Churchill.
Around your 18th birthday, three U.S. astronauts were killed during the first manned mission of the Apollo space program.
In January 2011, Lane Wallace illustrated how internal and external expectations of NASA have weakened its original intent.
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At 20 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.
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In 1973, Billy Joel, who was born the same year as you, released the album Piano Man.
In November 2010, Marc Ambinder wrote about how Billy Joel's lyrics reflected the cause of the partial collapse of the Democratic Party in the industrial Midwest.
Your life can be divided into two halves: before and after the Disney Channel.
In July 2015, James Parker wrote about the insidious messages tweens pick up from the Disney Channel and Nickelodeon.
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When you turned 58, 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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