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Today in history


Get key moments from world history each day with our history tracking service—major events, anniversaries, birthdays, deaths, holidays, and curated highlights. Perfect for history fans, educators, researchers, or anyone adding historical context to each day.


Configure History Tracking

Choose "happenings" you want: curated lists, famous births, notable deaths, holidays, or major historical events. Published once daily, typically at 8am Sydney time (9pm GMT / 4pm EST previous day, excluding daylight saving). Set local delivery time to never miss a date's happenings.

Receive via curated list for editorially-selected historical highlights, or get full birth/death/event lists for comprehensive coverage. Combine multiple types in one history tracker, or subscribe to individual categories.


History Feed Setup

  1. Select historical happenings to include (events, curated highlights, births, deaths, holidays)
  2. Choose preferred delivery time to match daily schedule for your timezone
  3. Name your history tracker
  4. Get daily notifications and access archive for any past or upcoming historical date


Get Your History Updates

  • Individual emails summarizing each day's happenings
  • Central dashboard for browsing historical highlights
  • Daily digest of events, births, deaths, and holidays
  • Weekly review compiling multiple days' historical data
  • RSS for history tracking
  • Telegram for daily history updates
  • Chrome extension for historical notifications
  • Mobile push for daily history facts


Perfect For History Enthusiasts

History buffs: Seeking bite-sized daily facts and trivia. Teachers and students: Integrating historical context into lessons. Media, marketers, social accounts: Wanting relevant historical content. Anyone curious: About "this day" in world history.


Robust event coverage, comprehensive filtering—brings the world's past to your device, making every day a doorway to discovery.