2016. On 19 December 2016, a truck was deliberately driven into the Christmas market next to the Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church at Breitscheidplatz in Berlin, leaving 12 people dead and 56 others injured.
Birthday newspaper
Your Front Page: 19 December 1956
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
Born on
Wednesday 19 December
1956
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The world in 1956
World population2.8 billionApproximate
Average house£2,100Typical UK home
Pint of beer1s 5dIn a UK pub
Loaf of bread10dLarge white loaf
Average salary£580UK full-time, per year
Approximate UK averages, in the money of the day
Year of the
Monkey
Fire Monkey, 12 February 1956 to 30 January 1957
Star sign
Sagittarius
Birthstone
Turquoise
On the radio
UK number one on your birthday
Johnnie Ray – “Just Walking in the Rain”
Most weeks at number one in 1956
- 1.Johnnie Ray – Just Walking in the Rain (7 wks)
- 2.Ronnie Hilton – No Other Love (6 wks)
- 3.Doris Day – Whatever Will Be, Will Be (Que Sera, Sera) (6 wks)
Christmas number one 1956Johnnie Ray – Just Walking in the Rain
Famous births & deaths
on 19 December
- ★ Alan Eustace born 1956
- ★ Édith Piaf born 1915
- ★ Leonid Brezhnev born 1906
- Emily Brontë died 1848
- Robert Andrews Millikan died 1953
- Marcello Mastroianni died 1996
In The News
On 19 December 1946
First Indochina War
1946. The First Indochina War, known alternatively as the French Indochina War, was fought in French Indochina between the French Union and the Viet Minh and their respective allies, from 19 December 1946 until 11 August 1954. Most of the engagements of this conflict occurred in Vietnam.
Also in 1956
Yet to come on 19 December
2016. Andrei Karlov, the Russian Ambassador to Turkey, was assassinated by Mevlüt Mert Altıntaş, an off-duty Turkish police officer, at an art exhibition in Ankara, Turkey, on the evening of 19 December 2016.
2021. The Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2021 was the 19th edition of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest, held on 19 December 2021 at La Seine Musicale in Paris, France, and presented by Carla, Élodie Gossuin, and Olivier Minne.
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