1864. The Second Schleswig War or German-Danish War, also sometimes known as the Dano-Prussian War or Prusso-Danish War, was the second military conflict over the Schleswig–Holstein question of the 19th century.
Birthday newspaper
Your Front Page: 1 February 1968
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
Born on
Thursday 1 February
1968
Keepsake edition · Who Shares My Birthday
The world in 1968
World population3.6 billionApproximate
Average house£4,500Typical UK home
Pint of beer2s 3dIn a UK pub
Loaf of bread1s 8dLarge white loaf
Average salary£1,300UK full-time, per year
Approximate UK averages, in the money of the day
Year of the
Monkey
Earth Monkey, 30 January 1968 to 16 February 1969
Star sign
Aquarius
Birthstone
Amethyst
On the radio
UK number one on your birthday
Love Affair – “Everlasting Love”
Most weeks at number one in 1968
- 1.Mary Hopkin – Those Were the Days (6 wks)
- 2.Louis Armstrong – What a Wonderful World (4 wks)
- 3.Gary Puckett and the Union Gap – Young Girl (4 wks)
Christmas number one 1968The Scaffold – Lily the Pink
Famous births & deaths
on 1 February
- ★ Lisa Marie Presley born 1968
- ★ Boris Yeltsin born 1931
- ★ Clark Gable born 1901
- Werner Heisenberg died 1976
- Mary Shelley died 1851
- Wisława Szymborska died 2012
In The News
On 1 February 1968
Tet Offensive
1968. The Tet Offensive was both a major escalation and one of the largest military campaigns of the Vietnam War.
Also in 1968
Also on 1 February in history
2021. A coup d'état in Myanmar began on the morning of 1 February 2021, when democratically elected members of the country's ruling party, the National League for Democracy, were deposed by the Tatmadaw, Myanmar's military, which then vested power in a military junta.
2023. From January 28 to February 4, 2023, a high-altitude balloon originating from China drifted across North American airspace, including Alaska, western Canada, and the contiguous United States.
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