Born 1978
1978
Generation X
See the full year →20 years apart
1978 vs 1998
When someone born in 1998 arrived, someone born in 1978 was already 20.
Born 1998
1998
Generation Z
Google was founded
See the full year →Arrived between your two years
- 1979 The Sony Walkman
- 1981 The IBM PC
- 1981 The Humber Bridge opened
- 1982 The compact disc
- 1984 Tetris was created
- 1985 Mobile phones reached the UK
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See the world you were born into →
The full picture for 1978 — music, movies, technology and more.
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The year 1996, 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.