What Happened on my Birthday

Some parents keep mementos from the day we were born. They save them in a scrapbook or a baby book. And, we can find out by going through these books.

And, sometimes by just asking our parents it will jog their memory and they can tell us general facts about the time we were born.

Or even better ask your grandparents. They are a wealth of knowledge, and for them the day a grandchild is born is a day they do remember.

But, many times we have to do the research. Thanks to the Internet we can find out lots of information. Start by just doing a search using your birthday. Do two searches one with the month spelled out in full, and one with the month abbreviated. Example: "October 15, 1967" and then "Oct 15, 1967". Put your search in quotations marks. You will find some data about events occurring on the day you were born.

The other method is the old fashion way - go to your local library and ask the Liberian for help in looking at archives of old newspapers. Hopefully you will be able to find the archive for the day you were born. By reading the paper you will find lots of information and content concerning your birthday.

The one thing we can tell you for certain about the date on which you were born is: