You're one of the first people who's never lived in a world without The Cat in the Hat.
In November 2015, Julie Beck wrote about the science and research behind Dr. Seuss's silly words.
You were born in December of 1958. This year, The Atlantic celebrates its 160th birthday, making it 3 times as old as you.
The year you were born, William R. Polk wrote about what America could learn from Iraq about Middle Eastern relations and attitudes.
Around the time you were born, the first communications satellite, SCORE, was launched into orbit.
In February 2012, Alexis Madrigal wrote about Earth Station, a giant decommissioned satellite receiver, part of the legacy of the era touched off by SCORE.
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At 10 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.
The Last Picture Show was released in 1971.
Around your 18th birthday, the legendary guitarist Freddie King died.
In July 2015, Spencer Kornhaber looked back at The Atlantic's reporting on rock and roll in the 1960s.
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In 1984, Michael Jackson, who was born the same year as you, won eight Grammy Awards in a single night, the first artist to do so. Thirteen years earlier, the King of Pop was nominated for his first Grammy with his siblings in The Jackson 5.
In February 2012, Joseph Vogel wrote about Michael Jackson's musical influence and legacy.
Your life can be divided into two halves: before and after The Simpsons.
In February 2012, Hampton Stevens wrote about what The Simpsons had left to say after airing its 500th episode.
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When you turned 48, 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 66, 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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