Best sites to find the information you need:

1.  Do an advanced search on Google News Archive.  Use the word 'the' for your search term, enter your birthdate twice in the date boxes, and select NO PRICE for the results.  Use the results to find a newspaper from a larger city to get information about the world on the day you were born. 2. Use Google Books to search for magazines from your birth month.  Use the same search limiters that you did for Google News Archive. This search can be tricky, but sometimes you can find some interesting news that you wouldn't find in a newspaper.  For example, you can find the Top 100 music charts in Billboard magazine. 3. Use the Wolfram-Alpha search engine to get tidbits about the day you were born. 4. For solid translation of words and phrases, use Word Reference. 5. An easy way to keyboard in Spanish or French can be found at typeit.