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Born in 1966? Here's what you're older than.

If you were born in 1966, you turn 60 in 2026, and you're Gen X. You're older than 246 things on our timeline, including the first Super Bowl, the Big Mac and the Moon landing.

You're older than…

Everything on this list came out, opened or happened after 1966 ended.

• 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
• The Simpsons 36 years old '89 12 17

See all 246 on the timeline

You were born closer to these than to today

• The sinking of the Titanic (1912) details
• The first public demonstration of television (1926) details
• The creation of Route 66 (1926) details

Same age as you

These also arrived in 1966.

• Twister about 60 years old '66
• Doritos about 60 years old '66
• Star Trek 60 years old '66 9 8

1966 by the numbers

• The world had about 3.4 billion people in 1966. Today it's about 8.3 billion.
• People born in 1966 are older than about 86% of everyone alive.
• 1966 is roughly halfway between 1906 and today.
• If you were born in 1966, you've been alive for roughly 21,819 to 22,183 days.