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Your Front Page: 31 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

Sunday 31 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

Aries

Birthstone

Aquamarine

On the radio

UK number one on your birthday

The Beatles – “Lady Madonna”

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 31 March

In The News

On 31 March 1968

Eurovision Song Contest 1968

1968. The Eurovision Song Contest 1968 was the 13th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest, held on 6 April 1968 at the Royal Albert Hall in London, United Kingdom, and presented by Katie Boyle.

Also in 1968

Also on 31 March in history

Convention of Kanagawa

1864. The Convention of Kanagawa, also known as the Kanagawa Treaty or the Japan–US Treaty of Peace and Amity, was a treaty signed between the United States and the Tokugawa Shogunate on March 31, 1854.

First Moroccan Crisis

1905. The First Moroccan Crisis or the Tangier Crisis was an international crisis between March 31, 1905, and April 7, 1906, over the status of Morocco.

Croatian War of Independence

1991. The Croatian War of Independence was an armed conflict fought in Croatia from 1991 to 1995 between Croat forces loyal to the Government of Croatia—which had declared independence from the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia—and the Serb-controlled Yugoslav People's Army and local Serb forces, with…

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