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Experience Generation X
Welcome to Generation X, the “middle child” generation, made up of those born between 1965 and 1980. With fewer members than the Baby Boomer Generation that preceded it or the Millennial Generation (Gen Y) that followed, Gen X is sometimes overlooked. But its members lived through some amazing and tumultuous times, witnessing the first space shuttle mission, the collapse of the Soviet Union, and, of course, the launch of MTV. Find out more about Generation X’s world below.
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