Today in History

Complete the chart with events in your life and then construct a personal time line which includes world events along with your milestones. Click on My Peers to see who shares the year of your birth. Click on Birthday! to see who shares your birthday.

Some well-know and little-know Canadians.

News headlines through the years and a quote of a prominent Canadian daily.

Level: Junior, Intermediate, Senior 

Includes holidays or cultural events on each day of the year. You can search by dates or countries. You will find lists and explanations of religions of the world. Use the tabs at the top of the page to do your search.

Get up to date on all sorts of history, events, deaths, and important discoveries from 1900 to 2010.

World history listed in a timeline through the decades. Advanced search features and decade menu to the right of the page.

Monthly calendars of important dates with links for classroom teachers. Included are author's birthdays, important 'firsts' (American focus).

Over 25,000 Trivia Facts, Quotes, Quizzes, History, Useless Facts and More!

Enter month, day and year to find out news headlines, sports headlines, songs, food prices, top movies of that day.

Level: Junior, Intermediate, Senior 

Top stories are pre-selected.

Each day scientists are features. You can click on a month and day for gathered daily information about the birth of scinectists and importnat discoveries.

Daily lists of musicians and musical events.

A daily listing of authors, poets, musicians and history notables with links.

Level: Intermediate, Senior 

Lists of births, deaths and those married in the movie industry.

A daily series of historic events that occured on each specific day. Each day contains events covering news, sports, entertainment, inventions, personalities, organizations, literature, etc. The years covered in these events span time from as far back as the 1700s (earlier when data is available) with primary concentration between 1900 and and 1990.

Submit a month and year and you will find out births, deaths and events that occurred then.

Level: Junior, Intermediate, Senior 

Click on your date of birth and a list of the day you were born, your star sign, days till your next birth day, more information links.

Extensive listing of timelines under these headings: history and cultures, science and technology, arts and literature, popular culture and current events, science fiction. 

Holidays celebrated around the world sorted by month, holiday, country, and author. Links are included.

Events listed by the decade under these headings: World events, U.S. events, economics, sports, entertainment, year in science, Nobel prizes. On-line quizzes included. World and U.S.  focus.

A daily curated assortment of the best content on the Web for history, language arts, science, news, culture and other topics.
News widgits from: Scholastic, BBC, National Geographic Kids, News Trust and more...
Also includes: Today in History, Almanac, Today in Literature, Photos of the Day, Words of the Day, Poem of the Day, Interview of the Day, Web Guides, Brain Teasers, Calvin and Hobbs, Dilbert.