What generation is someone born in 1949?¶

Someone born in 1949 belongs to the Baby Boomers (born 1946–1964). In 2026 they are 77 years old.

Major events in their lifetime¶

How old someone born in 1949 was when each defining event happened.

Year	Event	Their age	Life stage
1960	In Japan, NHK and NTV introduces color television	11	school
1963	John F Kennedy is assassinated	14	school
1964	First performance of the Beatles on the US Ed Sullivan show	15	school
1973	Roe vs Wade: the right to have an abortion	24	working
1974	Nixon resigns over Watergate scandal	25	working
1980	John Lennon is killed on the streets of NYC	31	working
1981	MTV is launched	32	working
1985	Live Aid concert	36	working
1986	Chernobyl nuclear disaster	37	working
1989	Fall of the Berlin Wall	40	working
1990	The movie Home Alone hits the screens	41	working
1995	Microsoft launches the Windows95 OS	46	working
2001	September 11 attacks	52	working
2004	Nipplegate: Janet Jackson's indecent exposure	55	working
2005	Google buys Android mobile OS	56	working
2007	Apple launches the first iPhone	58	working
2009	The first Avatar movie hits the screens	60	working
2011	Fukushima nuclear disaster	62	working
2012	Psy releases "Gangnam Style"	63	working
2016	Donald Trump wins the US elections	67	retired
2020	WHO declares COVID-19 a global pandemic. Start of a wave of lockdowns.	71	retired

Last updated: 2026-06-04