You're one of the first people who's never lived in a world without DC Comics.
In March 2016, Tim Hanley wrote about what happened when DC Comics gave Lois Lane, Superman's perennial love interest, her own comic spinoff.
Around the time you were born, Amelia Earhart flew nonstop from Honolulu, Hawaii, to Oakland, California.
In February 2012, Katrina Gulliver wrote about the disappearance of Amelia Earhart.
You were born in January of 1935. This year, The Atlantic celebrates its 160th birthday, making it 1.9 times as old as you.
The year you were born, S. Foster Damon wrote about how Boston became one of America's most prominent cities.
Around your 18th birthday, Dwight D. Eisenhower succeeded Truman as the 34th president of the United States.
In the January/February 2011 issue, Andrew J. Bacevich wrote about the dangers of the military-industrial complex, 50 years after Eisenhower's warning.
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In 1964, Julie Andrews, who was born the same year as you, made her feature-film debut in Mary Poppins, which won her the Academy Award for Best Actress.
In November 2010, Cailey Hall wrote about the legacy and remastering of The Sound of Music.
NASA
At 34 years old, you were alive to behold people walking on the moon.
Over the years, the moon landing has come to be lauded as the pinnacle of human achievement, although it was often derided at the time. In 1963, NASA astronauts took to The Atlantic to plead the case for landing on the moon.
Your life can be divided into two halves: before and after Apple.
In September 2015, Megan Garber wrote about the professional genius and personal failings of Apple founder Steve Jobs, and a new documentary that considered his mixed legacy.
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When you turned 72, you watched humankind reach the outer solar system.
With NASA's Cassini-Huygens mission in 2005, humans landed a probe in the outer reaches of the solar system for the first time, a moment Ross Andersen called the most glorious mission in the history of planetary science.
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