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What generation is someone born in 1951?

Someone born in 1951 belongs to the Baby Boomers (born 1946–1964). In 2026 they are 75 years old.

Major events in their lifetime

How old someone born in 1951 was when each defining event happened.

Year Event Their age Life stage
1960 In Japan, NHK and NTV introduces color television 9 school
1963 John F Kennedy is assassinated 12 school
1964 First performance of the Beatles on the US Ed Sullivan show 13 school
1973 Roe vs Wade: the right to have an abortion 22 college
1974 Nixon resigns over Watergate scandal 23 working
1980 John Lennon is killed on the streets of NYC 29 working
1981 MTV is launched 30 working
1985 Live Aid concert 34 working
1986 Chernobyl nuclear disaster 35 working
1989 Fall of the Berlin Wall 38 working
1990 The movie Home Alone hits the screens 39 working
1995 Microsoft launches the Windows95 OS 44 working
2001 September 11 attacks 50 working
2004 Nipplegate: Janet Jackson's indecent exposure 53 working
2005 Google buys Android mobile OS 54 working
2007 Apple launches the first iPhone 56 working
2009 The first Avatar movie hits the screens 58 working
2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster 60 working
2012 Psy releases "Gangnam Style" 61 working
2016 Donald Trump wins the US elections 65 retired
2020 WHO declares COVID-19 a global pandemic. Start of a wave of lockdowns. 69 retired

Last updated: 2026-06-04