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Birthday newspaper

Your Front Page: 12 March 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.

Optional. Your birthplace names the masthead; it stays on this device.

The World Birthday Chronicle

Born on

Tuesday 12 March

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

Pisces

Birthstone

Aquamarine

On the radio

UK number one on your birthday

Esther & Abi Ofarim – “Cinderella Rockefella”

Most weeks at number one in 1968

  1. 1.Mary Hopkin – Those Were the Days (6 wks)
  2. 2.Louis Armstrong – What a Wonderful World (4 wks)
  3. 3.Gary Puckett and the Union Gap – Young Girl (4 wks)

Christmas number one 1968The Scaffold – Lily the Pink

Famous births & deaths

on 12 March

In The News

On 12 March 1968

My Lai Massacre

1968. The My Lai Massacre was a U.S. Army war crime committed on 16 March 1968, involving the mass murder of between 347 and 504 civilians, almost all women, children and elderly men, in Sơn Mỹ village, Quảng Ngãi province, South Vietnam, during the Vietnam War.

Also in 1968

Also on 12 March in history

Battle of Badr

624. The Battle of Badr or sometimes called The Raid of Badr, also referred to as The Day of the Criterion in the Qur'an and by Muslims, was fought on 13 March 624 CE, near the city of Badr,…

Anschluss

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

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…

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

Reviewed by the Who Shares My Birthday editorial team.

Last reviewed: October 2026