You're one of the first people who's never lived in a world without Star Trek.
In November 2015, David Sims wrote about the return of Star Trek to television.
You were born in September of 1967. This year, The Atlantic celebrates its 160th birthday, making it 3 times as old as you.
The year you were born, Mark Harris wrote about the hippie culture that flourished on San Francisco's famous Haight Street.
Around the time you were born, Nguyen Van Thieu was elected president of South Vietnam under a new constitution.
In March 2015, Alan Taylor discussed the early part and emergence of the Vietnam War.
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This is what Hollywood thought teenagers looked like the year you became one.
Fame was released in 1980.
Around your 18th birthday, Midwest Express Airlines Flight 105 crashed just after takeoff.
In January 2016, Shirley Phillips wrote about when pilots know that it's safer to stay on the ground.
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At 22 years old, you saw the collapse of the Berlin Wall.
“It was thought that all borders between men had similarly disintegrated, and we were all destined to be free and empowered individuals in a global meeting place,” wrote Robert Kaplan 20 years later.
Your life can be divided into two halves: before and after websites.
In February 2015, Julie Beck wrote about what is lost when websites change or disappear.
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In 2006, Connie Britton, who was born the same year as you, began starring in the TV series Friday Night Lights, for which she was nominated for two Emmy Awards.
In July 2010, Tony Lee wrote about the strong marriage depicted by Britton and Kyle Chandler in Friday Night Lights.
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When you turned 43, you saw the rise of the Arab Spring.
People across the world rediscovered the power and peril of revolutions, as Laura Kasinof found in Yemen.
By the time you turn 53, scientists estimate it will no longer be possible to keep global temperatures from rising at least 1.5 degrees Celsius.
In December 2015, Robinson Meyer wrote about why scientists had accepted this fact.
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