Today in History

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.