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Born in 1968? Here's what you're older than.

If you were born in 1968, you turn 58 in 2026, and you're Gen X. You're older than 236 things on our timeline, including the Moon landing, Woodstock and Sesame Street.

You're older than…

Everything on this list came out, opened or happened after 1968 ended.

• 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
• Home Alone 35 years old '90 11 16
• The World Wide Web 35 years old '91 8 6

See all 236 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 1968.

• The Big Mac about 58 years old '68
• Hot Wheels about 58 years old '68
• Pringles about 58 years old '68
• Mister Rogers' Neighborhood 58 years old '68 2 19
• The first 911 call 58 years ago '68 2 16

1968 by the numbers

• The world had about 3.6 billion people in 1968. Today it's about 8.3 billion.
• People born in 1968 are older than about 84% of everyone alive.
• 1968 is roughly halfway between 1910 and today.
• If you were born in 1968, you've been alive for roughly 21,088 to 21,453 days.