Today in History

A daily snapshot of history with updates of historical events that happened on each day of the year, from our History Lens Twitter feed.

Disclaimer: We try to ensure the accuracy of the information on this page, but because most of the daily posts are based on information from Wikipedia (an online encyclopedia that anyone can edit), it is possible that some information may be incorrect. If you see a post that has factual errors, please contact us and let us know. We'll update our source to correct the errors.