You're one of the first people who's never lived in a world without the FIFA World Cup.
In June 2014, Douglas Foster wrote about the impact of the World Cup on Brazil's politics.
Around the time you were born, the mobster Al Capone was sentenced to six months in jail for contempt of court.
In April 1945, Virgil W. Peterson wrote about the justice system's leniency on American gangsters.
You were born in March of 1931. This year, The Atlantic celebrates its 160th birthday, making it 1.8 times as old as you.
The year you were born, Samuel Spring wrote about the incautious financial decisions that brought on the Great Depression, and the renewed trust and caution needed to prevent future recession.
Around your 18th birthday, a successful coup d'etat occurred in Syria, deposing President Shukri al-Quwatli.
In February 1993, Robert D. Kaplan wrote about the precarious history of the Syrian government, and the coups that shaped it.
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In 1955, James Dean, who was born the same year as you, starred in the film Rebel Without a Cause.
In May 2014, Derek Thompson wrote about defining the concept of "cool."
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At 38 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 cell phones.
In April 2013, Megan Garber wrote about the swift and spiteful final push to invent the cell phone.
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When you turned 76, 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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