What generation is someone born in 1919?¶

Someone born in 1919 belongs to the Greatest Generation (born 1914–1924). In 2026 they are 107 years old.

Major events in their lifetime¶

How old someone born in 1919 was when each defining event happened.

Year	Event	Their age	Life stage
1960	In Japan, NHK and NTV introduces color television	41	working
1963	John F Kennedy is assassinated	44	working
1964	First performance of the Beatles on the US Ed Sullivan show	45	working
1973	Roe vs Wade: the right to have an abortion	54	working
1974	Nixon resigns over Watergate scandal	55	working
1980	John Lennon is killed on the streets of NYC	61	working
1981	MTV is launched	62	working
1985	Live Aid concert	66	retired
1986	Chernobyl nuclear disaster	67	retired
1989	Fall of the Berlin Wall	70	retired
1990	The movie Home Alone hits the screens	71	retired
1995	Microsoft launches the Windows95 OS	76	retired
2001	September 11 attacks	82	retired
2004	Nipplegate: Janet Jackson's indecent exposure	85	retired
2005	Google buys Android mobile OS	86	retired
2007	Apple launches the first iPhone	88	retired
2009	The first Avatar movie hits the screens	90	retired
2011	Fukushima nuclear disaster	92	retired
2012	Psy releases "Gangnam Style"	93	retired
2016	Donald Trump wins the US elections	97	retired

Last updated: 2026-06-04