GET /births/{month}/{day}

dayinhistory.dev:day-in-history-api

Summary: Get notable births for a specific date
Operation ID: getBirthsByDate
Auth: none

Returns notable births for a specific month/day using named months. Query famous birthdays for any date using lowercase month names (e.g., 'january/1'). Useful for birthday lookup features or calendar applications.

Original spec description

Returns a paginated list of notable people born on the specified month and day.

Usage Tips

- Month names are lowercase (january, february, etc.) - Day is numeric - Historical figures may have negative birth years indicating BCE dates

Parameters (3)

day (integer, path, required)

Day of the month (1-31, depending on month)

Constraints: {'minimum': 1, 'maximum': 31}

month (string, path, required)

Full month name (e.g., january, february, march)

Constraints: {'enum': ['january', 'february', 'march', 'april', 'may', 'june', 'july', 'august', 'september', 'october', 'november', 'december']}

page (integer, query, optional, default: 1)

Page number for pagination (starting from 1)

Constraints: {'minimum': 1}

Examples (3)

TitleTypeURLAction
Get notable births for January 1st curl https://api.dayinhistory.dev/v1/births/january/1
Get notable births for July 4th curl https://api.dayinhistory.dev/v1/births/july/4
Get page 2 of notable births for December 25th curl https://api.dayinhistory.dev/v1/births/december/25?page=2

Probe History

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TimeStatusLatencySize
2026-03-23 10:31:09.365875 200 944ms
2026-03-23 09:43:02.944586 200 902ms
2026-03-23 09:22:41.478497 200 944ms

Response Changes

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2026-03-23 09:43:02.944586 39047ea80304 d213450d995d
2026-03-23 10:31:09.365875 d213450d995d 96437d923753