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, the U.S. embassy in Beirut, Lebanon, was bombed.
In the April 1984 issue, John Keegan put the Lebanese civil war into context.
You were born in April 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.
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, NASA launched the Mars Odyssey, a robotic spacecraft with the purpose of orbiting and exploring Mars.
In April 2016, Marina Koren wrote about the 15th anniversary of the Odyssey orbiting Mars.
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At 18 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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In 2010, Aziz Ansari, who was born the same year as you, released his debut comedy album and stand-up special on Comedy Central.
In June 2010, Ta-Nehisi Coates wrote about how awesome Aziz Ansari is.
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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, China is predicted to be the world's largest economy.
In February 2012, Charles A. Kupchan wrote about the world's emerging economies, and how the world will look by 2050.
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