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What generation is someone born in 1922?

Someone born in 1922 belongs to the Greatest Generation (born 1914–1924). In 2026 they are 104 years old.

Major events in their lifetime

How old someone born in 1922 was when each defining event happened.

Year Event Their age Life stage
1960 In Japan, NHK and NTV introduces color television 38 working
1963 John F Kennedy is assassinated 41 working
1964 First performance of the Beatles on the US Ed Sullivan show 42 working
1973 Roe vs Wade: the right to have an abortion 51 working
1974 Nixon resigns over Watergate scandal 52 working
1980 John Lennon is killed on the streets of NYC 58 working
1981 MTV is launched 59 working
1985 Live Aid concert 63 working
1986 Chernobyl nuclear disaster 64 working
1989 Fall of the Berlin Wall 67 retired
1990 The movie Home Alone hits the screens 68 retired
1995 Microsoft launches the Windows95 OS 73 retired
2001 September 11 attacks 79 retired
2004 Nipplegate: Janet Jackson's indecent exposure 82 retired
2005 Google buys Android mobile OS 83 retired
2007 Apple launches the first iPhone 85 retired
2009 The first Avatar movie hits the screens 87 retired
2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster 89 retired
2012 Psy releases "Gangnam Style" 90 retired
2016 Donald Trump wins the US elections 94 retired
2020 WHO declares COVID-19 a global pandemic. Start of a wave of lockdowns. 98 retired

Last updated: 2026-06-04