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Born in 1942? Here's what you're older than.

If you were born in 1942, you turn 84 in 2026, and you're the Silent Generation. You're older than 296 things on our timeline, including Disneyland, the modern LEGO brick and Barbie.

You're older than…

Everything on this list came out, opened or happened after 1942 ended.

• Disneyland 71 years old '55 7 17
• The LEGO brick 68 years old '58 1 28
• Barbie 67 years old '59 3 9
• Pickleball about 61 years old '65
• The first Super Bowl 59 years ago '67 1 15
• The Big Mac about 58 years old '68
• The Moon landing 57 years ago '69 7 20
• Woodstock 57 years ago '69 8 15
• Sesame Street 56 years old '69 11 10
• UNO about 55 years old '71
• Starbucks 55 years old '71 3 30
• Walt Disney World 54 years old '71 10 1
• Pong 53 years old '72 11 29
• The Rubik's Cube about 52 years old '74
• Microsoft 51 years old '75 4 4
• Apple 50 years old '76 4 1
• Star Wars 49 years old '77 5 25
• The Happy Meal 47 years old '79 6
• The Sony Walkman 47 years old '79 7 1
• Pac-Man 46 years old '80 5 22
• MTV 45 years old '81 8 1
• The CD 43 years old '82 10 1
• Tetris 42 years old '84 6 6
• Back to the Future 41 years old '85 7 3

See all 296 on the timeline

You were born closer to these than to today

• The first telephone call (1876) details
• The first Coca-Cola (1886) details
• Nintendo's founding (1889) details

1942 by the numbers

• The world had about 2.3 billion people in 1942. Today it's about 8.3 billion.
• People born in 1942 are older than about 99% of everyone alive.
• 1942 is roughly halfway between 1858 and today.
• If you were born in 1942, you've been alive for roughly 30,586 to 30,950 days. Get your exact count.
• People born in 1942 are the Silent Generation. See every generation's birth years.