What generation is someone born in 1921?¶

Someone born in 1921 belongs to the Greatest Generation (born 1914–1924). In 2026 they are 105 years old.

Major events in their lifetime¶

How old someone born in 1921 was when each defining event happened.

Year	Event	Their age	Life stage
1960	In Japan, NHK and NTV introduces color television	39	working
1963	John F Kennedy is assassinated	42	working
1964	First performance of the Beatles on the US Ed Sullivan show	43	working
1973	Roe vs Wade: the right to have an abortion	52	working
1974	Nixon resigns over Watergate scandal	53	working
1980	John Lennon is killed on the streets of NYC	59	working
1981	MTV is launched	60	working
1985	Live Aid concert	64	working
1986	Chernobyl nuclear disaster	65	retired
1989	Fall of the Berlin Wall	68	retired
1990	The movie Home Alone hits the screens	69	retired
1995	Microsoft launches the Windows95 OS	74	retired
2001	September 11 attacks	80	retired
2004	Nipplegate: Janet Jackson's indecent exposure	83	retired
2005	Google buys Android mobile OS	84	retired
2007	Apple launches the first iPhone	86	retired
2009	The first Avatar movie hits the screens	88	retired
2011	Fukushima nuclear disaster	90	retired
2012	Psy releases "Gangnam Style"	91	retired
2016	Donald Trump wins the US elections	95	retired
2020	WHO declares COVID-19 a global pandemic. Start of a wave of lockdowns.	99	retired

Last updated: 2026-06-04