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What generation is someone born in 1955?

Someone born in 1955 belongs to the Baby Boomers (born 1946–1964). In 2026 they are 71 years old.

Notable people born in 1955

Major events in their lifetime

How old someone born in 1955 was when each defining event happened.

Year Event Their age Life stage
1963 John F Kennedy is assassinated 8 school
1964 First performance of the Beatles on the US Ed Sullivan show 9 school
1973 Roe vs Wade: the right to have an abortion 18 school
1974 Nixon resigns over Watergate scandal 19 college
1980 John Lennon is killed on the streets of NYC 25 working
1981 MTV is launched 26 working
1985 Live Aid concert 30 working
1986 Chernobyl nuclear disaster 31 working
1989 Fall of the Berlin Wall 34 working
1990 The movie Home Alone hits the screens 35 working
1995 Microsoft launches the Windows95 OS 40 working
2001 September 11 attacks 46 working
2004 Nipplegate: Janet Jackson's indecent exposure 49 working
2005 Google buys Android mobile OS 50 working
2007 Apple launches the first iPhone 52 working
2009 The first Avatar movie hits the screens 54 working
2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster 56 working
2012 Psy releases "Gangnam Style" 57 working
2016 Donald Trump wins the US elections 61 working
2020 WHO declares COVID-19 a global pandemic. Start of a wave of lockdowns. 65 retired

Last updated: 2026-06-04