What happened on a particular day?

• Today in History
  Fantastic roundup of what happened today in history. (Who was born, who died and many other significant events). You can also request information for another date.
  
  
• The History Channel: This Day in History
  Learn a lot about what happened on a day, including what happened on Wall Street, in the automotive industry, in the Civil War and in technology. Information for other days is available.
  
  
• Library of Congress: Today in History
  Spotlights one significant event for each day of the year.
  
  
• Famous Birthdays
  Learn what famous people were born today or any day.
  
  
• Today in Sporting History
  Highlights top moments in 13 sports throughout history.
  
  
• Music History
  On this day in music history.
  
  

• Word of the Day
  Expand your vocabulary with a new word each day.
  
  
• Daily Word Game
  Play a new word puzzle each day.
  
  
• Pun of the Day
  "Drinking a whole bucket of water could make you turn pail." There's more where that came from....
  
  
• Quote of the Day
  A sampling of random quotations.
  
  
• Daily Letterman Top 10
  A daily feed of Top 10 lists from the David Letterman Show.

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