Choose your Generation
John, Chris, Tim & Jessica
Millennial: 1981-2007
Millennial is the first generation to grow up with computers at home.
Sometimes called Generation Y, Millennial generation experienced high
pressure to succeed and is the most watched and tolerated generation in
history. Most families in this generation begin to form a smaller families
than previous generation. Increase in stratification resulted in high
societal differences between poor and rich. After recession in late 80s,
the stock market bubble in technology dot-com company caused the soaring
share prices of stock, which burst in late 2000. The dot-com boom and
wide spread use of internet made web precense required, not optional.
Historic events during Millennial generation
1985: Nintendo Entertainment System (NES)
was launched
1986: Space Shuttle Challenger accident
1987: Black Monday of October, a stock market collapses
1991: End of Cold War, The term "surfing the Internet" is coined, new
World Wide Web project was publicized by Tim Berners-Lee
1995: Windows 95 was launched
1996: Clone of Dolly
2000: Y2K bug
2000: OS X was launched
2001: 911 attack
Kitzzy
Generation X: 1965-1980
Generation X is also known as Baby Buster for its decline in population
growth. This generation is under the shadow of Baby Boomer generation.
Gen-Xers are known for their rebelious nature toward the idealism that
Baby Boomers advocated. Generation X endured era of political corruption
and economic inflation and recession.
Historic events during Generation X generation
1969: First landing on the Moon
1969: Creation of ARPANET
- Foundation for Internet
1972-1974: Watergate scandal
1975: End of vietnam war
1977: First PC by Apple
Bill
Baby boomer: 1946-1964
Baby boomer generation is signified by the accelerated population growth
in the post-WWII era. Economic
resurgence and the sense of relief after war were the main reasons behind
the baby boom. Idealism pervaded society and culture. There was actually
a decline in birth rate during 1958-1967.
Historic events during Baby boomer generation
1945: End of World War 2
1957: Vietnam war begins
1961: First human in space by USSR
1963: Assassination of President John F. Kennedy
Information was gathered from Wikipedia.
