2026. In April 2026, an outbreak of hantavirus infection caused by the Andes virus was identified on the Dutch cruise ship MV Hondius.
Birthday newspaper
Your Front Page: 1 April 1920
A personalised newspaper front page from the day you were born, printed in the style of your birth year.
Enter your date of birth
Your personalised birthday front page
Printed in the style of your birth year, a keepsake to frame, print or share.
Optional. Your birthplace names the masthead; it stays on this device.
The World Birthday Chronicle
Born on
Thursday 1 April
1920
Keepsake edition · Who Shares My Birthday
The world in 1920
Approximate UK averages, in the money of the day
Year of the
Monkey
Metal Monkey, 20 February 1920 to 7 February 1921
Star sign
Aries
Birthstone
Diamond
Famous births & deaths
on 1 April
- ★ Toshirō Mifune born 1920
- ★ Otto von Bismarck born 1815
- ★ Wangari Muta Maathai born 1940
- Lev Landau died 1968
- Val Kilmer died 2025
- Marvin Gaye died 1984
In The News
On 1 April 1945
Battle of Okinawa
1945. The Battle of Okinawa, codenamed Operation Iceberg, was a major battle of the Pacific War fought on the island of Okinawa by the United States Army and United States Marine Corps forces against the Imperial Japanese Army.
Also in 1920
Yet to come on 1 April
2010. The 2010 United States census was the 23rd United States census. National Census Day, the reference day used for the census, was April 1, 2010.
2000. The 2000 United States census, conducted by the Census Bureau, determined the resident population of the United States on April 1, 2000, to be 281,421,906, an increase of 13.2 percent over the 248,709,873 people enumerated during the 1990 census.
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