When I Was You

Pick someone from history and see what year it would be, and what you would be doing in their shoes.

What famous people were doing at 96

At 96, here is where people from history were and what they were doing. Here are 13 of the 14 moments on the site. Pick anyone to see their whole life lined up with yours.

  1. Pablo Casals October 1973 · San Juan, Puerto Rico
    Dies
  2. Marian Anderson April 1993 · Portland, Oregon, USA
    Dies
  3. Brooke Astor ~1998 · Washington, D.C., USA
    Receives the Presidential Medal of Freedom
  4. Freddie Young December 1998 · London, England
    Dies
  5. Katharine Hepburn June 2003 · Old Saybrook, Connecticut, USA
    Dies
  6. Momofuku Ando January 2007 · Ikeda, Japan
    Dies
  7. Helmut Schmidt November 2015 · Hamburg, Germany
    Dies
  8. Jonas Mekas January 2019 · Brooklyn, New York, USA
    Dies
  9. Leah Chase June 2019 · New Orleans, USA
    Dies
  10. Elizabeth II June 2022 · London, England
    Celebrates her Platinum Jubilee, 70 years on the throne
  11. Kenneth Anger May 2023 · Yucca Valley, California, USA
    Dies
  12. Frank Gehry December 2025 ·
    Dies
  13. Dolores Huerta October 2026 ·
    Dies