1884. The Berlin Conference of 1884–1885 was a meeting of colonial powers that concluded with the signing of the General Act of Berlin, an agreement regulating European colonisation and trade in Africa during the New Imperialism period.
Birthday newspaper
Your Front Page: 15 November 1996
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
Friday 15 November
1996
Keepsake edition · Who Shares My Birthday
The world in 1996
World population5.8 billionApproximate
Average house£66,000Typical UK home
Pint of beer£1.58In a UK pub
Loaf of bread54pLarge white loaf
Average salary£17,300UK full-time, per year
Approximate UK averages, in the money of the day
Year of the
Rat
Fire Rat, 19 February 1996 to 6 February 1997
Star sign
Scorpio
Birthstone
Topaz
On the radio
UK number one on your birthday
Robson & Jerome – “What Becomes of the Brokenhearted / Saturday Night at the Movies / You'll Never Walk Alone”
Most weeks at number one in 1996
- 1.Spice Girls – Wannabe (7 wks)
- 2.Babylon Zoo – Spaceman (5 wks)
- 3.Fugees – Killing Me Softly (4 wks)
Christmas number one 1996Spice Girls – 2 Become 1
Famous births & deaths
on 15 November
- ★ Vanessa Nakate born 1996
- ★ Gerhart Hauptmann born 1862
- ★ Erwin Rommel born 1891
- Johannes Kepler died 1630
- Henryk Sienkiewicz died 1916
- Émile Durkheim died 1917
In The News
On 15 November 1996
Charkhi Dadri mid-air collision
1996. On 12 November 1996, Saudia Flight 763, a Boeing 747-100 en route from Delhi, India, to Jeddah, with a stopover in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, and Kazakhstan Airlines Flight 1907, an Ilyushin Il-76 en route from Shymkent, Kazakhstan, to Delhi, collided over the city of Charkhi Dadri, around 100 kilometres…
Also in 1996
Also on 15 November in history
2019. The global COVID-19 pandemic, caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2, began with an outbreak in Wuhan, China, in December 2019.
2019. The COVID-19 pandemic in mainland China is part of the worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2.
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