What generation is someone born in 1948?¶

Someone born in 1948 belongs to the Baby Boomers (born 1946–1964). In 2026 they are 78 years old.

Major events in their lifetime¶

How old someone born in 1948 was when each defining event happened.

Year	Event	Their age	Life stage
1960	In Japan, NHK and NTV introduces color television	12	school
1963	John F Kennedy is assassinated	15	school
1964	First performance of the Beatles on the US Ed Sullivan show	16	school
1973	Roe vs Wade: the right to have an abortion	25	working
1974	Nixon resigns over Watergate scandal	26	working
1980	John Lennon is killed on the streets of NYC	32	working
1981	MTV is launched	33	working
1985	Live Aid concert	37	working
1986	Chernobyl nuclear disaster	38	working
1989	Fall of the Berlin Wall	41	working
1990	The movie Home Alone hits the screens	42	working
1995	Microsoft launches the Windows95 OS	47	working
2001	September 11 attacks	53	working
2004	Nipplegate: Janet Jackson's indecent exposure	56	working
2005	Google buys Android mobile OS	57	working
2007	Apple launches the first iPhone	59	working
2009	The first Avatar movie hits the screens	61	working
2011	Fukushima nuclear disaster	63	working
2012	Psy releases "Gangnam Style"	64	working
2016	Donald Trump wins the US elections	68	retired
2020	WHO declares COVID-19 a global pandemic. Start of a wave of lockdowns.	72	retired

Last updated: 2026-06-04