1946-1989: |  |  |  | The Cold War from before birth until age 14 |
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1952-2050: |  |  |  | Reign of Queen Elizabeth II (Windsor) from before birth until after line end |
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1964-1975: |  |  |  | Vietnam War from before birth until age 0 |
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1974-1976: |  |  |  | Gerald Ford president of US from before birth until age 1 |
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1975: |  |  |  | Byte Magazine, issue #1 - September at age 0 |
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1975: |  |  |  | Ebola virus appears - 90 percent lethal at age 0 |
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1975: |  |  |  | The 1st home computer: The Altair 8800a at age 0 |
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1976: |  |  |  | Whites accept principle of black majority rule in S. Africa at age 1 |
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1976: |  |  |  | Television begins satellite delivery at age 1 |
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1976: |  |  |  | American Bicentennial at age 1 |
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1976: |  |  |  | VHS Video Recordings at age 1 |
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1977-1980: |  |  |  | James Earl Carter Jr president of US from age 2 to age 5 |
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1977: | |
1978: |  |  |  | Laserdisc video recordings at age 3 |
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1978: |  |  |  | Jonestown religious group mass suicide - 913 people die at age 3 |
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1978: |  |  |  | 1st test-tube baby at age 3 |
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1979: |  |  |  | Three Mile Island nuclear event at age 4 |
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1979: |  |  |  | Margaret Thatcher 1st Woman Prime Minister in UK at age 4 |
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1980: |  |  |  | Mount St. Helens Erupts at age 5 |
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1981: | |
1981: |  |  |  | 1st space shuttle flight - Columbia at age 6 |
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1981-1988: |  |  |  | Ronald Reagan president of US from age 6 to age 13 |
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1981: |  |  |  | 1st female supreme court justice at age 6 |
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1982: |  |  |  | 1st genetically engineered product - insulin at age 7 |
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1983: |  |  |  | Bluford 1st black in space at age 8 |
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1983: | |
1983: |  |  |  | Pioneer 10 leaves the solar system at age 8 |
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1984: |  |  |  | Apple Macintosh Ships at age 9 |
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1984: |  |  |  | HIV determined to be cause of AIDs at age 9 |
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1985: |  |  |  | Amiga Computer Ships at age 10 |
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1986: |  |  |  | Mir space station deployed at age 11 |
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1986: |  |  |  | Shuttle Challenger explodes at age 11 |
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1986: |  |  |  | Chernobyl power plant melts down at age 11 |
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1986: | |
1987: |  |  |  | 2000th satellite launched: USSR's Cosmos at age 12 |
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1988: |  |  |  | Turin shroud precisely carbon dated to 1330 AD - shroud is a hoax at age 13 |
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1989: |  |  |  | Fall of Berlin Wall at age 14 |
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1989: |  |  |  | Breakup of the Soviet Union at age 14 |
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1989: |  |  |  | Pons and Fleischmann claim cold fusion at age 14 |
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1989: |  |  |  | Powell is 1st black chairmain joint US chiefs of staff at age 14 |
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1989-1992: |  |  |  | George Bush president of US from age 14 to age 17 |
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1989: |  |  |  | US Invades Panama, topples Noriega at age 14 |
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1990: |  |  |  | Hubble space telescope deployed at age 15 |
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1990: | |
1991: |  |  |  | Iraq attacks Kuwait, US Attacks Iraq at age 16 |
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1991-2003: |  |  |  | 8th Cholera pandemic from age 16 to age 28 |
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1992: |  |  |  | Blacks riot in South Central neighborhood, Los Angeles at age 17 |
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1993-2000: |  |  |  | William Clinton president of US from age 18 to age 25 |
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1993: |  |  |  | Catholic Church apologizes for its treatment of Galileo in the 1600's at age 18 |
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1993: |  |  |  | Muslim terrorists bomb World Trade Center at age 18 |
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1994: |  |  |  | South Africa moves to 1 person, 1 vote system at age 19 |
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1995: |  |  |  | American Terrorist bombing in Oklahoma City at age 20 |
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1996: |  |  |  | DVD video recordings at age 21 |
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1997: |  |  |  | Cloning living beings at age 22 |
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1997: |  |  |  | Mars pathfinder lands at age 22 |
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1998: |  |  |  | US attacks Iraq, again at age 23 |
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1998: |  |  |  | Pres. Clinton Impeached December 19th. at age 23 |
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1998: |  |  |  | 1st 1 GHz microprocessor ships - The DEC Alpha CPU at age 23 |
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1999: |  |  |  | US attacks Bosnia at age 24 |
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2000: |  |  |  | North Pole ice melts - 1.5 km of open water in August at age 25 |
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2000: |  |  |  | Playstation II ships - most powerful video system to date at age 25 |
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2000: |  |  |  | Working draft of human genome completed at age 25 |
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2000: |  |  |  | '2nd Coming' Prophesied 2nd time; Prophesy remains unfulfilled at age 25 |
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2001: |  |  |  | Probe NEAR-Shoemaker makes 1st touchdown on asteroid at age 26 |
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2001: |  |  |  | US attacks Afghanistan, October 7th at age 26 |
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2001: |  |  |  | X-Box console released at age 26 |
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2001-2009: |  |  |  | George W. Bush president of US from age 26 to age 34 |
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2001: |  |  |  | Earthquaqe at Gujarat, India - 20,000+ deaths at age 26 |
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2001: |  |  |  | Wikipedia goes online at age 26 |
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2001: |  |  |  | Muslim terrorists destroy World Trade Center Sep 11th at age 26 |
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2001: |  |  |  | Satellite Radio broadcasts to consumers begin at age 26 |
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2002: |  |  |  | Euro currency introduced at age 27 |
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2002: |  |  |  | Terrorist bomb kills 170, injures 250 in Bali at age 27 |
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2002: |  |  |  | 10th solar planet(oid) discovered: Quaoar at age 27 |
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2003: |  |  |  | Shuttle Columbia destroyed during re-entry (feb 1st) at age 28 |
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2003: |  |  |  | 28,000 die in Iran earthquake at age 28 |
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2004: |  |  |  | 10 terrorist bombs kill 200, injure 1240 in Spain at age 29 |
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2004: |  |  |  | Huge trans-Neptunian object, Sedna, discovered at age 29 |
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2004: |  |  |  | Indian Ocean earthquake/tsunami kills 290,000+ - dec 26 at age 29 |
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2004: |  |  |  | Non-government Spaceship One achieves spaceflight at age 29 |
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2004: |  |  |  | Water verified present on Mars by Odyssey lander at age 29 |
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2005: |  |  |  | Muslim terrorists bomb London transit system July 7th at age 30 |
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2005: |  |  |  | Space Shuttle returns to flight July 26th…Aug 10th at age 30 |
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2005: |  |  |  | Microsoft ships Xbox 360 at age 30 |
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2005: |  |  |  | Huge trans-Plutonian object discovered at age 30 |
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2005: |  |  |  | Hurricanes Katrina, Rita devastate New Orleans - Aug, Sep at age 30 |
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2005: |  |  |  | NASA's Deep Impact spacecraft craters comet Temple 1 at age 30 |
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2006: |  |  |  | PS3 ships from Sony at age 31 |
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2006: |  |  |  | Americans lose habeas corpus at age 31 |
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2006: |  |  |  | Israel attacks Lebanon at age 31 |
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2006: |  |  |  | Wii ships from Nintendo at age 31 |
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2007: |  |  |  | Comet McNaught swings by the sun - extremely bright at age 32 |
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2009: |  |  |  | Comet Lulin, a green comet, swings past earth at age 34 |
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2009-2012: |  |  |  | Obama president of USA from age 34 until after line end |
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