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The baby boomers weren't some random generation picked by years. There was a huge population explosion during those years, a "baby boom". The pill came out in 1960 and took a few years to get popular, so by 1964/65, the number of babies being born dropped significantly. My brother was born in 1962, me in 1965. His high school class had over 1100 kids in it. Mine had just over 700 and the class behind me dropped to 400 or so! HUGE decreases in the number of babies.
I think the other generational labels are just silly, a way for the press to stereotype people. Baby boomers are baby boomers because a whole bunch of them were born at once (and therefore will be retiring at once!).
Dee
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