Which US President was in office when YOU were born? So?

[AtLast]

Yeah, I'm going through an age-related life contemplation phase... or rite of passage…

Was thinking that Harry S Truman was president of the US the year I was born and what significance this has on my development. Obviously, I'm a baby-boomer and grew up prior to the Civil Rights legislation during the 60's (and in the middle of this time), before cell phones and even personal computers. Also when ethnic pride was blooming along with racial pride. So many other things that had such an impact, yet, cannot possibly be understood by many today. But, younger folks will be say the very same thing eventually!

But, what strikes me the most is that I was born while the only leader of a developed nation, actually ordered the use of the atomic bomb, changing the world forever. I grew up learning how to roll under my school desks in case of atomic bomb attacks and had neighbors building bomb shelters in their back yards. I was a very anxious child anyway due to other things, but, this certainly had something to do with my life-long awareness of we really don't know if our lives and world can just cease at any one given moment. Makes for a lot of introspection and plain uncertainty about how I treat others and tell those I love that, I indeed, do.

It's all about cycles, the never ending meeting of past and present!

So, who was president when you were born- and for others outside of the US, who was Prime Minister, President, or whatever title your highest ranking head of state is, when you came into this world? What significance do you believe this has had on how you developed in your world?