Defining events in the life of the Interbellum Generation¶
Events grouped by the life stage the Interbellum Generation cohort (born 1901–1913) was in when they happened.
Childhood (ages 6–12)¶
Adulthood (ages 21–60)¶
- 1929 — Black Thursday: Wall Street Crash of 1929
- 1933 — Hitler becomes Germany's dictator
- 1939 — Gone with the Wind hits the screens
- 1941 — The movie "Citizen Kane" is released
- 1941 — Japan attacks Pearl Harbor
- 1944 — D-Day: Allied Forces land in Normandy
- 1945 — Hitler commits suicide
- 1945 — The first atomic bomb falls on Hiroshima
- 1954 — NBC made the first coast-to-coast color TV broadcast
- 1960 — Berry Gordy Jr launches Motown Records
- 1960 — The movie "Psycho" was released
- 1960 — In Japan, NHK and NTV introduces color television
- 1962 — Marilyn Monroe dies
- 1963 — John F Kennedy is assassinated
- 1964 — First performance of the Beatles on the US Ed Sullivan show
- 1966 — Color television in Canada was launched on the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation's (CBC) English language TV service
Later life (ages 61–80)¶
- 1972 — Brazil began TV broadcasting in color using PAL-M
- 1972 — Francis For Coppola release the first Godfather movie
- 1973 — Roe vs Wade: the right to have an abortion
- 1974 — Nixon resigns over Watergate scandal
- 1977 — The first Star Wars movie is released
- 1977 — Elvis Presley dies
- 1979 — The shah leaves Iran and the Revolutionary Guard takes
- 1979 — the Movie "Apocalyse Now" is released
- 1979 — The Buggles release "Video Killed The Radio Star"
- 1980 — CNN is launched
- 1980 — John Lennon is killed on the streets of NYC
- 1981 — First news story on AIDS
- 1981 — MTV is launched
- 1982 — Michael Jackson releases the album "Thriller"
- 1983 — Nena releases "99 Luftballons"
- 1984 — The first Terminator movie is released
- 1984 — The Bhopal disaster exposes 500000 people to highly toxic gas
- 1985 — Live Aid concert
- 1985 — Rock Hudson dies of AIDS
- 1986 — Chernobyl nuclear disaster
Last updated: 2026-06-04