That one website that shows what happened on any day in history: On This Day

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On This Day

Events, births and deaths for any date in history

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Pick any date to see historical events, famous births and deaths, and film, music and sports moments that happened on that day. Handy for birthdays, anniversaries and trivia.

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Wikipedia: On this day en.wikipedia.org Wikipedia's picks of anniversaries for today FreeNo signup Link checked Oct 9

HISTORY: This Day in History history.com Short stories of big events on each date FreeNo signup Link checked Oct 9

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