You're one of the first people who's never lived in a world without sunscreen.
In June 2015, James Hamblin offered advice on choosing the best sunscreen.
You were born in November of 1945. This year, The Atlantic celebrates its 160th birthday, making it 2 times as old as you.
The year you were born, Vannevar Bush wrote about an internet-like machine—and the way we might interact with it—in our pages 45 years before the birth of the internet.
Around the time you were born, Colombia joined the United Nations.
In October 2016, Megan Alpert wrote about Colombia's failed attempt at cease fire with the FARC.
Around your 18th birthday, 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 23 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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In 1974, Bob Marley, who was born the same year as you, released one of his most popular songs, "No Woman, No Cry."
In July 2010, Hampton Stevens wrote about Hasidic artist Matisyahu's spin on reggae as an example of the "delightfully weird cultural cross-pollination" that's been part of pop music for decades.
Your life can be divided into two halves: before and after the 24-hour news cycle.
In October 2009, Mark Bowden wrote about the toll of constant coverage.
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When you turned 61, 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.
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