History Today: On This Day
Daily Events, Births & Quiz
Free · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.
See what happened on any day in history. Browse events and births, travel to any year, explore historic photos, and test yourself with a new daily quiz.
What happened on this day in history? Open History Today and find out.
Browse historic events, births and holidays for any date. Travel to any year, explore topics from ancient Rome to the Space Race, view historic photos, and play a new quiz every day. Everything is free, with no ads and
no account.
TODAY
• Events and births for today, or pick any date
• Filter by section and topic
• Daily picks and a featured historic photo
EXPLORE
• Year travel: see what happened in any year
• Topics such as wars, science, space, art and sport
• Trending people in the news
• A photo gallery with credit for every image
DAILY QUIZ
• A new history question every day
• Track your streak and progress
SAVE AND REMIND
• Save favourite events and read them offline
• Optional daily reminder at a time you choose
• Back up your saved items and quiz progress
SIMPLE AND PRIVATE
• No account and no ads
• Clean design that follows your device's text size and dark mode
Sources: article text is from Wikipedia under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence. Photos come from Wikimedia Commons and NASA, each shown with its author and licence. History Today is an independent app and is not affiliated with
or endorsed by Wikipedia or the Wikimedia Foundation.
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Information
- Seller
- Dhiraj Sharma
- Size
- 37.4 MB
- Category
- Education
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 15.0 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 15.0 or later. - iPad
Requires iPadOS 15.0 or later. - iPod touch
Requires iOS 15.0 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 12.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
- English
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- Copyright
- © Copyright 2026, Dhiraj Sharma