#1093: Forget explain

When Will We Forget?

Based on US Census Bureau National Population Projections

Assuming we don’t remember cultural events from before age 5 or 6

By this year: The majority of Americans will be too young to remember:

2012: The seventies

2013: The Carter presidency

2014: The Reagan shooting

2015: The Falkland Islands war

2016: The return of the Jedi release

2017: The first Apple Macintosh

2018: New Coke

2019: Challenger

2020: Chernobyl

2021: Black Monday

2022: The Reagan presidency

2023: The Berlin Wall

2024: HammerTime

2025: The Soviet Union

2026: The LA Riots

2027: Lorena Bobbit

2028: The Forrest Gump release

2029: The Rwanda Genocide

2030: OJ Simpson’s Trial

2031: Clinton’s reelection

2032: Princess Diana

2033: Clinton’s impeachment

2034: Columbine

2035: Forgot About Dre

2036: 9/11

2037: VH1’s I love the 80s

2038: A time before Facebook

2039: VH1’s I love the 90s

2040: Hurricane Katrina

2041: The planet Pluto

2042: The first iPhone

2043: The Bush presidency

2044: Michael Jackson

2045: Trying to say ´´Eyjafjallajökull``

2046: The Arab Spring

2047: Anything embarrassing you do today