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Born in 1959? Here's what you're older than.

If you were born in 1959, you turn 67 in 2026, and you're a Baby Boomer. You're older than 269 things on our timeline, including pickleball, the first Super Bowl and the Big Mac.

You're older than…

Everything on this list came out, opened or happened after 1959 ended.

• 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
• Super Mario Bros. 41 years old '85 9 13
• The NES 40 years old '85 10 18
• The Game Boy 37 years old '89 4 21

See all 269 on the timeline

You were born closer to these than to today

• The first Oreo (1912) details
• The sinking of the Titanic (1912) details
• The first public demonstration of television (1926) details

Same age as you

These also arrived in 1959.

• Barbie 67 years old '59 3 9
• Hawaii statehood 67 years ago '59 8 21

1959 by the numbers

• The world had about 3.0 billion people in 1959. Today it's about 8.3 billion.
• People born in 1959 are older than about 91% of everyone alive.
• 1959 is roughly halfway between 1892 and today.
• If you were born in 1959, you've been alive for roughly 24,376 to 24,740 days.