About This Feature
This page is a dynamic portal to the past, showing you the significant events that shaped the world on today's date. The content is automatically updated every day at midnight (UTC) to ensure it is always current.
Frequently Asked Questions
Where does this historical data come from?
All the information presented on this page—including events, births, and deaths—is sourced directly from the public APIs of the Wikimedia Foundation, the non-profit organization that runs Wikipedia. This ensures the data is comprehensive, fact-checked by a global community, and regularly updated.
Why is the content sometimes in English when I select another language?
Our system first attempts to fetch the "On This Day" data in your selected language. However, not all languages have a complete historical feed available from the Wikimedia API. If data for your selected language is unavailable, our system automatically falls back to the English version to ensure you always receive content. This provides the best possible experience across all languages.
How can I learn more about a specific event?
The text for each event is a summary of a more detailed article. Currently, these summaries are not linked, but we are working on a future update that will link each event directly to the corresponding Wikipedia article for further reading.