Generation X
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Generation X, often shortened to Gen X, is the demographic cohort following the baby boomers and preceding millennials. Researchers and popular media often use the mid-1960s as its starting birth year
Douglas Coupland's 1991 novel Generation X: Tales for an Accelerated Culture popularized the term Generation X.
Western fertility rates, 1960–1980
Google co-founder Sergey Brin, speaking at a Web 2.0 conference
The fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 was a landmark event in Generation X's formative years.
Millennials
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Millennials, also known as Generation Y or Gen Y, are the demographic cohort following Generation X and preceding Generation Z. Researchers and popular media use the early 1980s as starting birth year
Generation X
…Generation X, often shortened to Gen X, is the demographic cohort following the baby boomers and preceding millennials. Researchers and popular media often use the mid-1960s as its starting birth years and the late 1970s to early 1980s as its ending birth years, with…
Linkin Park was a popular music group among millennials
Young people at a music festival in Sydney (2011)
An America Online (AOL) floppy disk, used by many millennials in their formative years
Russian young adults at the Geek Picnic in Saint Petersburg (2018)