You're one of the first people who's never lived in a world without Keynesian economics.
John Maynard Keynes articulated an early version of his famous theories in our pages in May 1932, arguing that the United States should spend more, not less, in order to curtail the worsening Great Depression.
You were born in December of 1937. This year, The Atlantic celebrates its 160th birthday, making it 2.0 times as old as you.
The year you were born, Gilbert Seldes wrote about the problems with television, less than a decade after the first regular broadcast.
Around the time you were born, Italy withdrew from the League of Nations.
In June 1920, Raymond B. Fosdick wrote about the early activities and import of the League of Nations.
Around your 18th birthday, the actor James Dean died.
In November 2013, Leah Sottile wrote about the pop cultural obsession with dying young.
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At 31 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.
Your life can be divided into two halves: before and after Apple.
In September 2015, Megan Garber wrote about the professional genius and personal failings of Apple founder Steve Jobs, and a new documentary that considered his mixed legacy.
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In 2005, Morgan Freeman, who was born the same year as you, won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in Million Dollar Baby.
In January 2010, Ed Koch wrote about Freeman's "outstanding" performance in Invitctus.
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When you turned 69, 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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