636. The Battle of al-Qadisiyyah took place between the armies of the Rashidun Caliphate and the Sasanian Empire in November 636.
Birthday newspaper
Your Front Page: 16 November 1991
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
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The World Birthday Chronicle
Born on
Saturday 16 November
1991
Keepsake edition · Who Shares My Birthday
The world in 1991
Approximate UK averages, in the money of the day
Year of the
Goat
Metal Goat, 15 February 1991 to 3 February 1992
Star sign
Scorpio
Birthstone
Topaz
On the radio
UK number one on your birthday
Vic Reeves and The Wonder Stuff – “Dizzy”
Most weeks at number one in 1991
- 1.Bryan Adams – (Everything I Do) I Do It for You (16 wks)
- 2.Chesney Hawkes – The One and Only (5 wks)
- 3.Cher – The Shoop Shoop Song (It's in His Kiss) (5 wks)
Christmas number one 1991Queen – Bohemian Rhapsody / These Are the Days of Our Lives
Famous births & deaths
on 16 November
- ★ Aliaa Magda Elmahdy born 1991
- ★ Park Hyung-sik born 1991
- ★ Guillermo Lasso born 1955
- Milton Friedman died 2006
- Carl von Clausewitz died 1831
- Clark Gable died 1960
In The News
On 16 November 1991
Vukovar massacre
1991. The Vukovar massacre, also known as the Vukovar hospital massacre or the Ovčara massacre, was the killing of at least 200 Croatian prisoners of war and civilians by Serb paramilitaries, to whom they had been turned over by the Yugoslav People's Army, at the Ovčara farm southeast of Vukovar on 20 November 1991,…
Also in 1991
Also on 16 November in history
1632. The Battle of Lützen, fought on 16 November 1632, was one of the most important of the Thirty Years' War.
1914. The Battle of Kolubara was fought between Austria-Hungary and Serbia in November and December 1914, during the Serbian Campaign of 1914.
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