Your time capsule is ready
In your 89 years you’ve been around for…
- 19 Prime Ministers
- 3 monarchs
- the first Moon landing
- 21 World Cups
- +6.0 billion people on Earth
More 1937 discoveries are being added
We're filling in 1937 in detail. In the meantime, the comparisons above and below always work — and every link from here leads somewhere interesting.
When these arrived
You were only…
- 32 The Moon landing 1969
- 34 The first email 1971
- 42 The Sony Walkman 1979
- 52 The World Wide Web was invented 1989
- 57 The PlayStation 1994
- 61 Google was founded 1998
A gentle reality check
Things that are younger than you
- 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
- 1957 Sputnik 1, the first satellite
- 1959 The Mini went on sale
1937 vs today
A few things have changed since you arrived
A few things 1937 Today
- Everyone on Earth about 2.2 billion about 8.2 billion
Indicative sample data — being verified and expanded.
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Keep exploring
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What was the world like when you turned 18? →
The year 1955, through fresh eyes.
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Things that are younger than you →
From the NHS to the iPhone — how much arrived after you did?
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Your life in history →
A timeline of your milestones, matched with history.
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Compare 1937 with 1998 →
Two birth years, side by side. Try it with family.