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Your Front Page: 29 February 2004

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

Sunday, 29th February 2004Modern full colour

Today's news · 2004

76th Academy Awards

Dolby Theatre. The 76th Academy Awards ceremony, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, honored the best films of 2003 and took place on February 29, 2004, at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles.

Honouring the best films of the previous year, this ceremony saw a single fantasy film win in every category for which it was nominated.

Famous birthdays: born on this date

Abdukodir Khusanov

Born 2004. Uzbekistani professional footballer who plays as a defender in Europe

Gioachino Rossini

Born 1792. Italian opera composer of The Barber of Seville and William Tell, whose overture became world famous

Pedro Sánchez

Born 1972. Prime Minister of Spain and leader of the Socialist Workers' Party

From the archives: also on this date

February 30

1712. Several non-standard dates are used in calendars for various purposes: some are expressly fictional, some are intended to produce a rhetorical effect, and others attempt to address a particular mathematical, scientific or accounting requirement or discrepancy within the calendar system.

12th Academy Awards

1940. The 12th Academy Awards ceremony, held on February 29, 1940, by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, honored the best in film for 1939 at a banquet in the Coconut Grove at The Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles.

1960 Agadir earthquake

1960. The 1960 Agadir earthquake occurred on 29 February at 23:40:18 Western European Time near the city of Agadir, located in western Morocco on the shore of the Atlantic Ocean.

Your day in numbers

Star sign

Pisces

Water sign, ruled by Neptune

Birthstone

Amethyst

The birthstone for February

UK Number 1 single

“Mysterious Girl”

by Peter Andre featuring Bubbler Ranx

World population

About 6.5 billion

People on Earth in 2004

The cost of living in Britain, 2004

Average house

£151,300

Typical UK home

Pint of beer

£2.22

In a UK pub

Loaf of bread

78p

Large white loaf

Average salary

£22,300

UK full-time, per year

Approximate UK averages at the time, in the money of the day.

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 on your birthday, your star sign and birthstone, the UK number one single, the world population and the cost of living in Britain at the time.

  • The layout, typefaces and colours follow the newspaper style of your birth decade: dense broadsheets before 1940, classic bold headlines in the 1940s and 1950s, tabloid energy in the 1960s and 1970s, colour accents in the 1980s and 1990s, and clean full-colour pages from 2000 onwards.
  • Headlines and summaries come from our archive of historical events, built from Wikidata and reviewed by our editorial team. When a famous person linked to the story has a profile on our site, their Wikimedia Commons portrait appears with the photographer's credit; otherwise you see an original woodcut or halftone illustration.
  • 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?
The design changes with the decade you were born in, from ornate pre-war broadsheets to modern full-colour layouts, so each page looks like a newspaper from its own era.
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