1944. The Dumbarton Oaks Conference, or, more formally, the Washington Conversations on International Peace and Security Organization, was an international conference at which proposals for the establishment of a "general international organization", which was to become the United Nations, were formulated and negotiated.
Birthday newspaper
Your Front Page: 21 August 1989
A personalised newspaper front page from the day you were born, printed in the style of your birth year.
Enter your date of birth
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
Monday 21 August
1989
Keepsake edition · Who Shares My Birthday
The world in 1989
World population5.2 billionApproximate
Average house£54,500Typical UK home
Pint of beer£1.02In a UK pub
Loaf of bread50pLarge white loaf
Average salary£11,900UK full-time, per year
Approximate UK averages, in the money of the day
Year of the
Snake
Earth Snake, 6 February 1989 to 26 January 1990
Star sign
Leo
Birthstone
Peridot
On the radio
UK number one on your birthday
Jive Bunny and the Mastermixers – “Swing the Mood”
Most weeks at number one in 1989
- 1.Black Box – Ride on Time (6 wks)
- 2.Jive Bunny and the Mastermixers – Swing the Mood (5 wks)
- 3.Marc Almond featuring Gene Pitney – Something's Gotten Hold of My Heart (4 wks)
Christmas number one 1989Band Aid II – Do They Know It's Christmas?
Famous births & deaths
on 21 August
- ★ Hayden Panettiere born 1989
- ★ Usain Bolt born 1986
- ★ Robert Lewandowski born 1988
- Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar died 1995
- Henrik Pontoppidan died 1943
- Stefán Karl Stefánsson died 2018
In The News
On 21 August 1989
Baltic Way
1989. The Baltic Way or Baltic Chain was a peaceful political demonstration that occurred on 23 August 1989.
Also in 1989
Also on 21 August in history
1914. The Battle of Charleroi or the Battle of the Sambre, was fought on 21 August 1914, by the French Fifth Army and the German 2nd and 3rd armies, during the Battle of the Frontiers.
2011. Hurricane Irene was a large and destructive tropical cyclone which affected much of the Caribbean and East Coast of the United States during late August 2011.
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