What generation is someone born in 1956?¶

Someone born in 1956 belongs to the Baby Boomers (born 1946–1964). In 2026 they are 70 years old.

Major events in their lifetime¶

How old someone born in 1956 was when each defining event happened.

Year	Event	Their age	Life stage
1963	John F Kennedy is assassinated	7	school
1964	First performance of the Beatles on the US Ed Sullivan show	8	school
1973	Roe vs Wade: the right to have an abortion	17	school
1974	Nixon resigns over Watergate scandal	18	school
1980	John Lennon is killed on the streets of NYC	24	working
1981	MTV is launched	25	working
1985	Live Aid concert	29	working
1986	Chernobyl nuclear disaster	30	working
1989	Fall of the Berlin Wall	33	working
1990	The movie Home Alone hits the screens	34	working
1995	Microsoft launches the Windows95 OS	39	working
2001	September 11 attacks	45	working
2004	Nipplegate: Janet Jackson's indecent exposure	48	working
2005	Google buys Android mobile OS	49	working
2007	Apple launches the first iPhone	51	working
2009	The first Avatar movie hits the screens	53	working
2011	Fukushima nuclear disaster	55	working
2012	Psy releases "Gangnam Style"	56	working
2016	Donald Trump wins the US elections	60	working
2020	WHO declares COVID-19 a global pandemic. Start of a wave of lockdowns.	64	working

Last updated: 2026-06-04