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What generation is someone born in 1946?

Someone born in 1946 belongs to the Baby Boomers (born 1946–1964). In 2026 they are 80 years old.

Notable people born in 1946

Major events in their lifetime

How old someone born in 1946 was when each defining event happened.

Year Event Their age Life stage
1960 In Japan, NHK and NTV introduces color television 14 school
1963 John F Kennedy is assassinated 17 school
1964 First performance of the Beatles on the US Ed Sullivan show 18 school
1973 Roe vs Wade: the right to have an abortion 27 working
1974 Nixon resigns over Watergate scandal 28 working
1980 John Lennon is killed on the streets of NYC 34 working
1981 MTV is launched 35 working
1985 Live Aid concert 39 working
1986 Chernobyl nuclear disaster 40 working
1989 Fall of the Berlin Wall 43 working
1990 The movie Home Alone hits the screens 44 working
1995 Microsoft launches the Windows95 OS 49 working
2001 September 11 attacks 55 working
2004 Nipplegate: Janet Jackson's indecent exposure 58 working
2005 Google buys Android mobile OS 59 working
2007 Apple launches the first iPhone 61 working
2009 The first Avatar movie hits the screens 63 working
2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster 65 retired
2012 Psy releases "Gangnam Style" 66 retired
2016 Donald Trump wins the US elections 70 retired
2020 WHO declares COVID-19 a global pandemic. Start of a wave of lockdowns. 74 retired

Last updated: 2026-06-04