I started on my Grandmother's 1952 Chevrolet with a three-on-the-tree at age 13. Drivers' Ed was a 'Special Request' manual 1962 Ford Fairlane. My first car was a stick 1963 VW Bug. The Army was a mix. The next decade was a mix with a couple more manual VW Bugs and AMC Spirit GTs and the rest were automatics.
Looking back, somewhere in the late 70's was the last time I owned a manual.