

1946–1964
The largest generation in history at the time. Shaped by postwar prosperity, the Vietnam War, the sexual revolution, and Watergate. They questioned every institution their parents built — then ran them.
Carlos was born in 1962, placing them squarely in the Baby Boomers. The events that shaped this generation — postwar prosperity, civil rights, Vietnam, and the counterculture — shaped the world they entered and the choices available to them.
The biggest hits of 1962
#1 Movie
Lawrence of Arabia
Best Picture
Lawrence of Arabia
#1 TV Show
Beverly Hillbillies
The world at every milestone
Cuban Missile Crisis brings the world to the brink
Summer of Love in San Francisco; first Super Bowl
Fall of Saigon ends the Vietnam War
First test-tube baby born
John Lennon shot and killed in New York
Internet adopts TCP/IP, creating the modern internet
LA riots after Rodney King verdict
Euro currency enters circulation
Curiosity rover lands on Mars; Sandy Hook shooting
Russia invades Ukraine; Queen Elizabeth II dies
“I'm the voice of a depressed Chihuahua and a talking taco, and I'm proud of it.”