History Today: On This Day

What happened on this day in history? Open History Today and find out. Browse historic events, births and holidays for any date. Travel to any year, explore topics from ancient Rome to the Space Race, view historic photos, and play a new quiz every day. Everything is free, with no ads and no account. TODAY • Events and births for today, or pick any date • Filter by section and topic • Daily picks and a featured historic photo EXPLORE • Year travel: see what happened in any year • Topics such as wars, science, space, art and sport • Trending people in the news • A photo gallery with credit for every image DAILY QUIZ • A new history question every day • Track your streak and progress SAVE AND REMIND • Save favourite events and read them offline • Optional daily reminder at a time you choose • Back up your saved items and quiz progress SIMPLE AND PRIVATE • No account and no ads • Clean design that follows your device's text size and dark mode Sources: article text is from Wikipedia under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence. Photos come from Wikimedia Commons and NASA, each shown with its author and licence. History Today is an independent app and is not affiliated with or endorsed by Wikipedia or the Wikimedia Foundation. Questions or feedback? Contact us from Settings.