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Your Front Page: 21 April 1972

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

Friday 21 April

1972

Keepsake edition · Who Shares My Birthday

The world in 1972

World population3.8 billionApproximate
Average house£7,400Typical UK home
Pint of beer17pIn a UK pub
Loaf of bread13pLarge white loaf
Average salary£2,100UK full-time, per year

Approximate UK averages, in the money of the day

Year of the

Rat

Water Rat, 15 February 1972 to 2 February 1973

Star sign

Taurus

Birthstone

Diamond

On the radio

UK number one on your birthday

Royal Scots Dragoon Guards – “Amazing Grace" †”

Most weeks at number one in 1972

  1. 1.Nilsson – Without You (5 wks)
  2. 2.Royal Scots Dragoon Guards – Amazing Grace (5 wks)
  3. 3.Donny Osmond – Puppy Love (5 wks)

Christmas number one 1972Little Jimmy Osmond – Long Haired Lover from Liverpool

Famous births & deaths

on 21 April

In The News

On 21 April 1967

Greek junta

1967. The Greek junta or Regime of the Colonels was a right-wing military junta that ruled Greece from 1967 to 1974. On 21 April 1967, a group of colonels overthrew a caretaker government a month before scheduled elections which Georgios Papandreou's Centre Union was favoured to win.

Also in 1972

Also on 21 April in history

Second Battle of Ypres

1915. The Second Battle of Ypres was fought from 22 April to 25 May 1915, during the First World War, for control of the tactically valuable high ground to the east and the south of the Flemish town of Ypres, in western Belgium.

Battle of San Jacinto

1836. The Battle of San Jacinto, fought on April 21, 1836, in present-day La Porte and Deer Park, Texas, was the final and decisive battle of the Texas Revolution.

2019 Sri Lanka bombings

2019. On 21 April 2019, Easter Sunday, three churches in Sri Lanka and three luxury hotels in the commercial capital, Colombo, were targeted in a series of coordinated Islamic State-related terrorist suicide bombings.

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