- Today
in History
http://www.warmuseum.ca/cwm/tih/tih_e.html
- This
Week in History
http://www.parkscanada.gc.ca/apps/cseh-twih/index_e.asp
Some well-know and little-know Canadians.
- Today
in Canadian History

http://www1.sympatico.ca/cgi-bin/on_this_day
News headlines through the years and a quote of a prominent Canadian
daily.
Level: Junior, Intermediate, Senior
- Canadian
Chronology

http://tdi.uregina.ca/~maguirec/chron.html
Important dates for women in Canada from 1641.
- www.ourtimelines.com
 
http://www.ourtimelines.com/index.shtml
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.
- Year
by Year 1900-2008
http://www.infoplease.com/yearbyyear.html
- Decades.com
http://www.decades.com/
World history listed in a timeline through the decades. Advanced
search features and decade menu to the right of the page.
-
Today, Hooray!
http://www.kidskonnect.com/TodayHooray/TodayHooray.html
Many links to facts. Topics: history, quotes, science, music, brainteasers.
- The
Teacher's Corner
http://www.theteacherscorner.net/calendars/
Monthly calendars of important dates with links for classroom teachers.
Included are author's birthdays, important 'firsts' (American focus).
- Cool
Quiz
http://www.coolquiz.com/trivia/
Over
25,000 Trivia Facts, Quotes, Quizzes, History, Useless Facts and More!
- Time
Capsule
http://dmarie.com/asp/history.asp
Enter month, day and year to find out news headlines, sports headlines,
songs, food prices, top movies of that day.
Level: Junior, Intermediate, Senior
- This
Day in History: History Channel
http://www.historychannel.com/thisday/
Top stories are pre-selected
Level: Intermediate, Senior
- Today
in Science History
http://www.todayinsci.com/
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.
- This
Day in Music
http://www.thisdayinmusic.com/index.php
Daily lists of musicians and musical events.
- The
#1 Song on This Date in History
https://home.comcast.net/~josh.hosler/NumberOneInHistory/SelectMonth.htm
Find the popular song when you were born as listed in Billboard
Magazine.
- Writer's
Almanac
http://almanac.mpr.org/
A daily listing of authors, poets, musicians and history notables
with links.
Level: Intermediate, Senior
- Literary
Calendar
http://english.yasuda-u.ac.jp/lc/index.php
Your portal to literature.
- This
Day in Movie History
http://english.yasuda-u.ac.jp/lc/index.php
Lists of births, deaths and those married in the movie industry.
- Those
Were the Days
http://www.440.com/twtd/today.html
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.
- Scope
Systems
http://www.scopesys.com/year/
Submit a month and year and you will find out births, deaths and
events that occurred then.
Level: Junior, Intermediate, Senior
- Day
of Birth
http://www.dayofbirth.co.uk/
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.
- 20th
Century Chronology
http://www.infoplease.com/millennium1.html#century
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.
- AlternaTime
http://www2.canisius.edu/~emeryg/time.html
Extensive listing of timelines under these headings: history and
cultures, science and technology, arts and literature, popular culture
and current events, science fiction.
- Earth
Calendar 2001

http://www.earthcalendar.net/
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.
- Upcoming
Events on the Calendar
http://www.umkc.edu/imc/december.htm
Selected events through time with student activity connections by
the month. Curser down the page for the archived months.
- Multicultural
Calendar
http://www.kidlink.org/KIDPROJ/MCC/
Holidays celebrated around the world sorted by month, holiday, country,
and author. Links are included.
Copyright
2001
Pat Elliott, Library Specialist
Thursday December 13, 2007 7:40 PM
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