You're one of the first people who's never lived in a world without The Oprah Winfrey Show.
In January 2011, Sharmin T.M. Kent wrote about Oprah launching her own television network, Oxygen.
You were born in May of 1987. This year, The Atlantic celebrates its 160th birthday, making it 5 times as old as you.
The year you were born, Bruno Bettelheim wrote about the importance of play to the development of children.
Around the time you were born, the first Rugby World Cup games began.
On the eve of the 2015 Rugby World Cup, Dominic Green wrote about why the second most popular sport in the world hadn't yet conquered America.
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This is what Hollywood thought teenagers looked like the year you became one.
Love & Basketball was released in 2000.
Your life can be divided into two halves: before and after Wikipedia.
In August 2015, Joe Pinsker wrote about the site's paid editors.
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At 14 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.
Around your 18th birthday, the parliament in Spain legalized marriage between same-sex couples.
In June 2013, Olga Khazan wrote about Spain being the most accepting country in the world when it comes to homosexuality.
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In 2006, Zac Efron, who was born the same year as you, starred in High School Musical.
In August 2010, Benjamin Mercer wrote about the post-Disney pursuits of former child stars Zac Effron and Miley Cyrus.
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When you turned 23, 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 47, NASA says it will send humans to explore Mars.
In August 2015, Alakananda Mookerjee wrote about what new Mars colonists would be able to eat—and how they'd grow it.
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