2014. The 86th Academy Awards ceremony, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, honored the best films of 2013 and took place on March 2, 2014, at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles, beginning at 5:30 p.m.
Birthday newspaper
Your Front Page: 2 March 1919
A personalised newspaper front page from the day you were born, printed in the style of your birth year.
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Your personalised birthday front page
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The World Birthday Chronicle
Born on
Sunday 2 March
1919
Keepsake edition · Who Shares My Birthday
The world in 1919
World population1.8 billionApproximate
Average house£603Typical UK home
Pint of beer7dIn a UK pub
Loaf of bread9dLarge white loaf
Average salary£163UK full-time, per year
Approximate UK averages, in the money of the day
Year of the
Goat
Earth Goat, 1 February 1919 to 19 February 1920
Star sign
Pisces
Birthstone
Aquamarine
Famous births & deaths
on 2 March
- ★ Jennifer Jones born 1919
- ★ Mikhail Gorbachev born 1931
- ★ Pius XII born 1876
- Nicholas I of Russia died 1855
- D. H. Lawrence died 1930
- Philip K. Dick died 1982
In The News
On 2 March 1919
March First Movement
1919. The March First Movement was a series of protests against Japanese colonial rule that was held throughout Korea and internationally by the Korean diaspora beginning on March 1, 1919. Protests were largely concentrated in March and April of that year, although related protests continued until 1921.
Also in 1919
Yet to come on 2 March
2025. The 97th Academy Awards ceremony, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, took place on March 2, 2025, at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles.
1969. The Sino-Soviet border conflict, also known as the Sino-Soviet crisis, was a seven-month undeclared military conflict between the Soviet Union and China in 1969, following the Sino-Soviet split.
Compiled by Who Shares My Birthday from Wikipedia, Wikidata and UK chart records
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 and died on your birthday, your star sign, birthstone and Chinese zodiac year, the UK number one single, the biggest hits and Christmas number one of your birth year, the world population and the cost of living in Britain at the time.
- Your page is laid out as a vintage keepsake poster in sepia ink, with boxed panels for the world in your birth year, your Chinese zodiac year, star sign and birthstone, the UK charts, famous births and deaths on your birthday, and the news.
- Headlines and summaries come from our archive of historical events, built from Wikidata and reviewed by our editorial team. Chart facts come from the official UK singles chart record, which began on 14 November 1952.
- 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?
- Every page is built from your exact birth date, so the news, the people, the charts and the prices all change with the day and year you were born.
- Is the birthday newspaper free?
- Yes. Creating, sharing and downloading your personalised birthday front page costs nothing.
Further reading
- Historical events data from Wikidata
- Portraits via Wikimedia Commons
- UK number one singles from the Official Charts Company
Reviewed by the Who Shares My Birthday editorial team.
Last reviewed: October 2026