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What generation is someone born in 1952?

Someone born in 1952 belongs to the Baby Boomers (born 1946–1964). In 2026 they are 74 years old.

Notable people born in 1952

Major events in their lifetime

How old someone born in 1952 was when each defining event happened.

Year Event Their age Life stage
1960 In Japan, NHK and NTV introduces color television 8 school
1963 John F Kennedy is assassinated 11 school
1964 First performance of the Beatles on the US Ed Sullivan show 12 school
1973 Roe vs Wade: the right to have an abortion 21 college
1974 Nixon resigns over Watergate scandal 22 college
1980 John Lennon is killed on the streets of NYC 28 working
1981 MTV is launched 29 working
1985 Live Aid concert 33 working
1986 Chernobyl nuclear disaster 34 working
1989 Fall of the Berlin Wall 37 working
1990 The movie Home Alone hits the screens 38 working
1995 Microsoft launches the Windows95 OS 43 working
2001 September 11 attacks 49 working
2004 Nipplegate: Janet Jackson's indecent exposure 52 working
2005 Google buys Android mobile OS 53 working
2007 Apple launches the first iPhone 55 working
2009 The first Avatar movie hits the screens 57 working
2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster 59 working
2012 Psy releases "Gangnam Style" 60 working
2016 Donald Trump wins the US elections 64 working
2020 WHO declares COVID-19 a global pandemic. Start of a wave of lockdowns. 68 retired

Last updated: 2026-06-04