On This Day In History    

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.

 

The Day I Was Born

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.  

dMarie Time Capsule

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.

New York Times On This Day in History Archive

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

ANYDAY Today in History

Historic events and birthdays

On This Day.com

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

Pick Your Own Day

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.

This Day in History from The History Channel

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

 

Chinese Astrology
Learn the sign for the year you were born and your characteristics.
Age calculator
Find out your exact age in years, months, days, hours, minutes, and seconds.

 

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Page created May 2002