You can use these sites to research what was happening in history throughout the years on specific days.  You can use these facts for comparisons in biography projects or background information if you are writing your autobiography.

Online Project – Discovering YOUR Place in History
The purpose of this project is to use the Internet to find and share important & interesting information about what was happening in the world when you were born.  

On This Day in History
Enter a date from 1800- 2002 and you will receive a customized time capsule page about what the world was like on that date.  Your page will include news headlines, top movies, TV shows, birthdays, and typical consumer prices for that year.

Highlights in history, on this day in ____, current birthdays, and historic birthdays.

Historic events and birthdays

Select a date from the calendar and link to birthdays, music history, and miscellaneous history through the years.

So you don't want to wait to see what other events happened on your birthday or anniversary?  Just select the month from the drop-down menu and then enter the day.

Select a date and learn the historical events associated with that date; Civil War, Cold War, crime, entertainment, general interest, literary, Old West, technology, Vietnam, Wall St, and World War II