What generation is someone born in 1928?¶

Someone born in 1928 belongs to the Silent Generation (born 1925–1945). In 2026 they are 98 years old.

Major events in their lifetime¶

How old someone born in 1928 was when each defining event happened.

Year	Event	Their age	Life stage
1960	In Japan, NHK and NTV introduces color television	32	working
1963	John F Kennedy is assassinated	35	working
1964	First performance of the Beatles on the US Ed Sullivan show	36	working
1973	Roe vs Wade: the right to have an abortion	45	working
1974	Nixon resigns over Watergate scandal	46	working
1980	John Lennon is killed on the streets of NYC	52	working
1981	MTV is launched	53	working
1985	Live Aid concert	57	working
1986	Chernobyl nuclear disaster	58	working
1989	Fall of the Berlin Wall	61	working
1990	The movie Home Alone hits the screens	62	working
1995	Microsoft launches the Windows95 OS	67	retired
2001	September 11 attacks	73	retired
2004	Nipplegate: Janet Jackson's indecent exposure	76	retired
2005	Google buys Android mobile OS	77	retired
2007	Apple launches the first iPhone	79	retired
2009	The first Avatar movie hits the screens	81	retired
2011	Fukushima nuclear disaster	83	retired
2012	Psy releases "Gangnam Style"	84	retired
2016	Donald Trump wins the US elections	88	retired
2020	WHO declares COVID-19 a global pandemic. Start of a wave of lockdowns.	92	retired

Last updated: 2026-06-04