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¶

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