Today in History
Compiled by Patti Tjomsland, Library Media Specialist
Mark Morris High School, Longview, Washington   Updated March 2001

 

Today in History from the American Memory Collection
    http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/today/jun22.html
History Channel-- Includes This Day in History
    http://www.historychannel.com/
Scope Systems:  Anyday
    http://www.scopesys.com/anyday/
Scope Systems:  Year
    http://www.scopesys.com/year/
    Pick a month and year from 0-1997 and you can get a listing of events and birthdays
CNN Almanac Archive
    http://www.cnn.com/almanac/archive.html
Literary Calendar
    http://litcal.yasuda-u.ac.jp/
Today in History from KWTV
    http://www.kwtv.com/today/archive-1/index.html
On this Day
    http://www.onthisday.com/
Grits Historical Calendar --
    This has nothing to do with food!  It is from a Bible Resource Web Page, but the information is not restricted to Biblical events.
    http://www2.misnet.com/~ronnieg/history/home.html
Data Dragon:  On this Day in History --
    This often has some music and movie information
    http://DataDragon.com/day/pick.shtml
This Day in Rock and Roll History -- Scroll down to select your choice
    http://www.arrowfm.com/cgi/history.pl
Rock 'N Roll Vault -- This Week in History   on the left hand side click on "other weeks."
    http://www.rocknrollvault.com/thisweek.htm
Internet Movie Database -- On This Day.
    http://us.imdb.com/BusinessThisDay?
    Put your own date in the left hand column and find out what movies were released on a specific date.  Scroll down the left hand column and click on "births/deaths/marriages/ and get additional information for your key date.
Today in Volcano History --
    You need Java for this to work.  If a date is yellow, move the mouse
    over the square and the information will appear.
    http://volcano.und.nodak.edu/vwdocs/history/EventCalendar.html
Mathematics Throughout the Year.
    Click on a date and find out  mathematician birth and death dates.
    Links to biographical information about each individual.
    http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Day_files/Year.html
Today in Energy History --
    This is organized by month.  You may find something for your
    day of interest.
    http://www.energy.ca.gov/m+pco/history.html
440 International : Those Were the Days
    http://www.440.com/twtd/today.html
 

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