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In your 83 years you’ve been around for…

  • 18 Prime Ministers
  • 3 monarchs
  • the first Moon landing
  • 20 World Cups
  • +5.8 billion people on Earth

1943

The world you arrived into

1943

The Dambusters Raid

On the night of 16–17 May 1943, RAF Lancasters used bouncing bombs to attack German dams in the Ruhr valley.

1943

The invasion of Sicily

In July 1943, Allied forces landed in Sicily, beginning the liberation of Italy and the push north.

1943

People who share your birth year

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George Harrison was born

The quietest Beatle arrived on 25 February 1943 in Liverpool.

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Mick Jagger was born

The Rolling Stones frontman was born on 26 July 1943 in Dartford, Kent.

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Janis Joplin was born

One of the great rock voices of the 1960s arrived on 19 January 1943 in Texas.

When these arrived

You were only…

  • 26 The Moon landing 1969
  • 28 The first email 1971
  • 36 The Sony Walkman 1979
  • 46 The World Wide Web was invented 1989
  • 51 The PlayStation 1994
  • 55 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
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1943 vs today

A few things have changed since you arrived

A few things 1943 Today
  • Everyone on Earth about 2.4 billion about 8.2 billion

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