1948. The Marshall Plan was an American initiative enacted in 1948 to provide foreign aid to Western Europe.
Birthday newspaper
Your Front Page: 3 April 1998
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
Friday 3 April
1998
Keepsake edition · Who Shares My Birthday
The world in 1998
Approximate UK averages, in the money of the day
Year of the
Tiger
Earth Tiger, 28 January 1998 to 15 February 1999
Star sign
Aries
Birthstone
Diamond
On the radio
UK number one on your birthday
Run-DMC vs. Jason Nevins – “It's Like That”
Most weeks at number one in 1998
- 1.Cher – Believe (7 wks)
- 2.Run-DMC vs. Jason Nevins – It's Like That (6 wks)
- 3.Baddiel, Skinner and The Lightning Seeds – 3 Lions '98 (3 wks)
Christmas number one 1998Spice Girls – Goodbye
Famous births & deaths
on 3 April
- ★ Paris Kathrine Jackson born 1998
- ★ Marlon Brando born 1924
- ★ Daniel Defoe born 1660
- Johannes Brahms died 1897
- Graham Greene died 1991
- Leon Battista Alberti died 1472
In The News
On 3 April 1998
Good Friday Agreement
1998. The Good Friday Agreement or Belfast Agreement is a pair of agreements signed on 10 April 1998 that ended most of the violence of the Troubles, an ethnic and national conflict in…
Also in 1998
Also on 3 April in history
1930. The 2nd Academy Awards, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences on April 3, 1930, at an awards banquet in the Cocoanut Grove of the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles, honored the best films released between August 1, 1928, and July 31, 1929.
1978. The 50th Academy Awards ceremony, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, honored films released in 1977 and took place on April 3, 1978, at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles.
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