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In your 96 years you’ve been around for…

  • 20 Prime Ministers
  • 5 monarchs
  • the first Moon landing
  • 22 World Cups
  • +6.1 billion people on Earth

1930

The world you arrived into

1930

Pluto was discovered

In February 1930, Clyde Tombaugh spotted a new planet from Lowell Observatory. It kept its status until 2006.

1930

The first football World Cup

Thirteen teams travelled to Uruguay in July 1930 for the very first World Cup. The hosts won it.

1930

Amy Johnson flew to Australia

In May 1930, the Hull-born pilot became the first woman to fly solo from England to Australia.

1930

People who share your birth year

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Neil Armstrong was born

The first person to walk on the Moon arrived on 5 August 1930 in Ohio.

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Sean Connery was born

The future James Bond was born in Edinburgh on 25 August 1930.

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Clint Eastwood was born

The actor and director arrived on 31 May 1930 in San Francisco.

When these arrived

You were only…

  • 39 The Moon landing 1969
  • 41 The first email 1971
  • 49 The Sony Walkman 1979
  • 59 The World Wide Web was invented 1989
  • 64 The PlayStation 1994
  • 68 Google was founded 1998

A gentle reality check

Things that are younger than you

  • 1935 Radar demonstrated
  • 1936 The BBC Television Service launched
  • 1945 The United Nations was founded
  • 1946 The first general-purpose electronic computer
  • 1948 The NHS was founded
  • 1953 The structure of DNA was discovered
  • 1953 Everest was climbed
  • 1955 The first Guinness World Records book
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1930 vs today

A few things have changed since you arrived

A few things 1930 Today
  • Everyone on Earth about 2.1 billion about 8.2 billion

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