GET /today/events

dayinhistory.dev:day-in-history-api

Summary: Get today's historical events
Operation ID: getTodayEvents
Auth: none

Returns historical events that occurred on today's date throughout history. This is the core endpoint for discovering what happened on this day across centuries. Unlike the specific date endpoint, this automatically uses the current date, making it perfect for daily content feeds or 'on this day' widgets. Each event includes the year, description, and optional links to Wikipedia articles.

Original spec description

Returns a paginated list of historical events that occurred on today's date.

Usage Tips

- Great for daily widgets or cron jobs that fetch fresh content each day - Events are sorted chronologically (earliest first) - Some events have null 'year' when the exact date is uncertain - Combine with /today/births and /today/deaths for a complete 'on this day' experience

Parameters (1)

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

Page number for pagination (starting from 1)

Constraints: {'minimum': 1}

Examples (2)

TitleTypeURLAction
Get today's historical events (first page) curl https://api.dayinhistory.dev/v1/today/events
Get today's events (page 2) curl https://api.dayinhistory.dev/v1/today/events?page=2

Probe History

Latency

Status Codes

TimeStatusLatencySize
2026-03-23 10:46:51.316790 200 966ms
2026-03-23 09:30:30.509689 404 842ms

Response Changes

WhenOldNew
2026-03-23 10:46:51.316790 d91ab099ba18 3670a491750b