You're one of the first people who's never lived in a world without Silent Spring..
In June 2012, Elizabeth Grossman wrote about the 50th anniversary of Rachel Carson's book, and its continued significance.
You were born in November of 1963. This year, The Atlantic celebrates its 160th birthday, making it 3 times as old as you.
The year you were born, Walter Lippman insisted that the United States could be trusted to protect its allies, and the interests of the world, with its nuclear weapons.
Around the time you were born, President John F. Kennedy was assassinated.
In November 2010, Jefferson Morley wrote about myths and conspiracy theories surrounding Kennedy's assassination.
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At 5 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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This is what Hollywood thought teenagers looked like the year you became one.
Carrie was released in 1976.
Around your 18th birthday, Antigua and Barbuda gained independence from the United Kingdom.
In July 2016, Brooke Harrington wrote about the economic and political problems faced by tax havens like Antigua and Barbuda.
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In 1984, Michael Jordan, who was born the same year as you, made his professional basketball debut with the Chicago Bulls.
In February 2013, Allen Barra wrote about Jordan's place among the greatest basketball players in history.
Your life can be divided into two halves: before and after Game Boys.
In April 2014, Eric Levenson looked back on the games that popularized handheld gaming.
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When you turned 43, 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.
By the time you turn 61, experts at the Pew Research Center warn that there will be no "surveillance-free spaces."
In December 2014, Adrienne LaFrance wrote about how the way we see privacy will change over the next decade.
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