Life Timeline

For those born November 4, 1943.

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1942
Before you were born

You're one of the first people who's never lived in a world without T-shirts.

In September 2013, Cameron Kunzelman wrote about black T-shirts and the powerful men who wear them.

1943
Beginnings

Around the time you were born, Italian Prime Minister Pietro Badoglio declared war on Germany.

In July 2000, Francis X. Rocca wrote about Facism in Italy in the 1930s and '40s.

1943
Year 79

You were born in November of 1943. This year, The Atlantic celebrates its 160th birthday, making it 2 times as old as you.

The year you were born, Wilson Harris wrote about how then-Princess Elizabeth's education compared with that of an American girl of the same age.

1961
Coming of age

Around your 18th birthday, the United Nations General Assembly appointed U Thant as acting secretary-general.

In February 1958, U Thant described his vision for Burma.

1969

NASA

Man on the Moon

At 25 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.

1979
Half a life ago

Your life can be divided into two halves: before and after hip-hop records.

In March 2015, Irvin Weathersby Jr. wrote about what hip-hop can teach Americans.

1993

AP

Contemporaries

In 1993, Catherine Deneuve, who was born the same year as you, was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress for her role in Indochine.

In November 2011, Heather Horn wrote about French films featuring political topics.

2007

NASA / JPL-Caltech / Space Science Institute

Across the Universe

When you turned 63, 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.

Today
History in the making

History is happening all around you, every day.

The Atlantic is here to help you process it, in stories like these: