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nowaypablo  ·  3232 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Any idea why #TodayInHistory hasn't really caught on?

I actually love #tih but haven't caught it on my news feed for a while now. Big well-known days sometimes, but its the lesser known events that really make it interesting imo.

How do you usually go about finding your daily history? I might help you out and start posting.





noeatnosleep  ·  3232 days ago  ·  link  ·  

That's good to hear!

Make sure you're using #TodayInHistory and not #TIH: I was advised to abandon the latter because it wasn't descriptive enough.

I have tons of sites. Most major news outlets have a 'Today in History' or 'This Day in History' subsection, and there are sites dedicated specifically to daily history. I usually boil it down to a wikipedia article and post that. Here's a brief list:

- http://www.todayinliterature.com/

- http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history

- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_historical_anniversaries

- http://www.on-this-day.com/

- http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/files/specials/today-in-history/index.html?SITE=AP

- http://www.infoplease.com/dayinhistory

- http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/today-history-36352392

And some subreddits, if you're a dirty redditor: /r/TodayInHistory, /r/100YearsAgo, /r/200YearsAgo, and lots more on the sidebars of those subs.

I usually just snag the first thing that makes me go 'Huh, interesting' and post the wikipedia article about it. If the wikipedia article isn't great, I post the reporting source.

someguyfromcanada  ·  3232 days ago  ·  link  ·  
noeatnosleep  ·  3232 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Ooooh, nice. I work in aviation.

someguyfromcanada  ·  3228 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Just stumbled upon this as well: https://100yearsagotoday.wordpress.com/

nowaypablo  ·  3232 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Sweet! I'm in.