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Birthday newspaper

Your Front Page: 12 March 1942

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

Printed in the style of your birth year, a keepsake to frame, print or share.

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The World Birthday Chronicle

Thursday, 12th March 1942Classic broadsheet

4 years ago today · 1938

Anschluss

Federal State of Austria. The Anschluss, also known as the Anschluß Österreichs, was the annexation of the Federal State of Austria into Nazi Germany on 12 March 1938.

This forced union expanded the territory of the Third Reich and signalled the start of German territorial aggression in Central Europe.

Famous birthdays: born on this date

Ratko Mladić

Born 1942. Bosnian Serb commander convicted of war crimes and genocide

George Berkeley

Born 1685. Irish philosopher and bishop who argued that to be is to be perceived; the city of Berkeley, California, is named after him

Gabriele D'Annunzio

Born 1863. Italian poet, novelist and war hero who seized the city of Fiume in 1919 and influenced Fascist style

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Battle of Badr

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Eurovision Song Contest 1958

1958. The Eurovision Song Contest 1958, originally known as the Grand Prix Eurovision de la Chanson Européenne 1958, was the third edition of the Eurovision Song Contest, held on Wednesday 12 March 1958 at the AVRO Studios in Hilversum, the Netherlands, and presented…

95th Academy Awards

2023. The 95th Academy Awards ceremony, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, took place on March 12, 2023, at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles.

Your day in numbers

Star sign

Pisces

Water sign, ruled by Neptune

Birthstone

Aquamarine

The birthstone for March

UK Number 1 single

Before the charts

The UK singles chart began on 14 November 1952

World population

About 2.3 billion

People on Earth in 1942

The cost of living in Britain, 1942

Average house

£828

Typical UK home

Pint of beer

9d

In a UK pub

Loaf of bread

8d

Large white loaf

Average salary

£240

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