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Your Front Page: 26 December 1904

A personalised newspaper front page from the day you were born, printed in the style of your birth year.

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The World Birthday Chronicle

Monday, 26th December 1904Broadsheet, pre-war

79 years ago today · 1825

Decembrist revolt

Alexander II of Russia
Alexander II of RussiaPhoto: Attributed to W. & D. Downey · Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Senate Square. The Decembrist revolt was a failed coup d'état led by liberal military and political dissidents against the Russian Empire.

This failed uprising by army officers sought to challenge Russian autocracy, inspiring future generations of revolutionaries to seek political reform.

Famous birthdays: born on this date

Alejo Carpentier

Born 1904. Cuban novelist who pioneered the literary style of marvellous realism

Mao Zedong

Born 1893. Communist revolutionary who founded the People's Republic of China in 1949 and launched the Great Leap Forward and Cultural Revolution

Charles Babbage

Born 1791. English mathematician who designed the Difference Engine and Analytical Engine, mechanical forerunners of the computer

From the archives: also on this date

Battle of Trenton

1776. The Battle of Trenton was a short but pivotal American Revolutionary War battle on the morning of December 26, 1776, in Trenton, New Jersey.

Dissolution of the Soviet Union

1991. On 26 December 1991, the Soviet Union was formally dissolved and ceased to exist as a sovereign state and subject of international law.

2004 Indian Ocean earthquake

2004. On 26 December 2004, at 07:58:53 local time, a Mw 9.2–9.3 earthquake struck with its epicenter off the west coast of Aceh, in northern Sumatra, Indonesia.

Your day in numbers

Star sign

Capricorn

Earth sign, ruled by Saturn

Birthstone

Turquoise

The birthstone for December

UK Number 1 single

Before the charts

The UK singles chart began on 14 November 1952

World population

About 1.7 billion

People on Earth in 1904

The cost of living in Britain, 1904

Average house

£348

Typical UK home

Pint of beer

2d

In a UK pub

Loaf of bread

3d

Large white loaf

Average salary

£71.43

UK full-time, per year

Approximate UK averages at the time, in the money of the day.

How your birthday newspaper is made

Enter your date of birth and we will print a one-off newspaper front page for the day you were born. The headline is a real historical event from our archive, chosen from your exact birth date where we have one, then from the same week, then from the same date in an earlier year. The page also shows famous people born on your birthday, your star sign and birthstone, the UK number one single, the world population and the cost of living in Britain at the time.

  • The layout, typefaces and colours follow the newspaper style of your birth decade: dense broadsheets before 1940, classic bold headlines in the 1940s and 1950s, tabloid energy in the 1960s and 1970s, colour accents in the 1980s and 1990s, and clean full-colour pages from 2000 onwards.
  • Headlines and summaries come from our archive of historical events, built from Wikidata and reviewed by our editorial team. When a famous person linked to the story has a profile on our site, their Wikimedia Commons portrait appears with the photographer's credit; otherwise you see an original woodcut or halftone illustration.
  • Add your town or country of birth to name the masthead, for example The Manchester Birthday Chronicle. Your birthplace is stored only on your device.
  • Every front page has its own link, so you can send it to friends and family, and you can download it as a high-resolution image to print or frame.

Questions people ask

Frequently asked questions

How do I get a newspaper front page from the day I was born?
Enter your day, month and year of birth above and press the button. Your personalised front page appears instantly, with its own link you can share and a download button for a print-quality image.
Are the headlines real?
Yes. Every headline is a real historical event from our archive. If nothing in our archive happened on your exact birth date, we use an event from the same week, or the most recent event on the same date in an earlier year, and the label above the headline says which.
Why does my front page look different from a friend's?
The design changes with the decade you were born in, from ornate pre-war broadsheets to modern full-colour layouts, so each page looks like a newspaper from its own era.
Is the birthday newspaper free?
Yes. Creating, sharing and downloading your personalised birthday front page costs nothing.

Further reading

Reviewed by the Who Shares My Birthday editorial team.

Last reviewed: October 2026