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General Online Resources

Library of Congress American Memory: Today in History | Today in History Archives

History Channel - This Day in History

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Boston Globe's This Day in History

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This Day in History CalendarHome.com

dMarie: Time Capsule Enter your birthdate and see what was going on then: news headlines, who was in office, retail prices, average income for the year, Academy Award winners, and sports headlines.

FactMonster Day in History

The Free Dictionary - This Day in History

This Day in History ExecNet

440 International's - Those were the days

The HistoryNet.com

HyperHistory Online

Information Please: Today in History

Matt Neuman's This Day in History

New York Times On This Day

Scope Systems AnyDay in History

Scope Systems Today: Historic Events and Birth-Dates

Timeline of the 20th Century [About.com]

Timelines - AlternaTime: collection of Timelines on the Web

Timelines [History] on the Web from Searchbeat

Who's Who [English] Biographees celebrating their birthday today

Subject Online Resources

This Week in History

Year in History

What Things Cost When

Book Resources

A number of books identify major events chronologically. These books might be useful to focus on specific topics. Most libraries will own these or similar titles. Search terms include:


African American Breakthroughs: 500 years of Black Firsts	REF E 185. A2523
The Almanac of American History	REF E 174.5 . A45
America in Time	REF E 174.5 . J46
*American Chronicle: Six Decades in American Life 1920 - 1980*	REF E 169.1 . G665
*American Indian, 1492-1970; a chronology & fact book*	REF E77 . D393
*Chronological Atlas of World War Two*	REF D743.5 . M47
*Chronology of African-American History*	REF E 185 . H64
Chronology of 20th-Century Eastern European History	REF DJK 30 . C47
*Chronology of World History* [4 vols]	REF D 11 . M39
*Day by Day: The Thirties* (2 vols)	REF D 427 .D3
*Day by Day: The Forties*	REF D 427 . D3
Day by Day: The Sixties (2 vols)	REF D 427 . D3
*Day by Day: The Seventies* (2 vols)	REF D 427 . D3
*Day by Day: The Eighties* (2 vols)	REF D 427 . D3
*Day by Day: The Nineties* (2 vols)	REF D 427 .D3
Encyclopedia of American Facts and Dates	REF E 174.5 . C3
Smithsonian Timelines of the Ancient World [oversize]	REF D54.5 . S65
*This Day in American History* historically significant events of each day in the year from the earliest available date to 1999. rev. ed., 2001	REF E 174.5 . G76
Timetables of History	REF D 11 . G78
Timetables of Women's History	REF HQ 1121 . G74
Timelines: Day by Day & Trend by Trend...[1945-1989]	REF E 741 . D53
Timelines of African-American History	REF E 185 . C86
*Timelines of Native American History*	REF E 77 . E395
*The Times in Review: 1940-1949* [oversize]	REF D840. T54
*The Times in Review: 1960-1969* [oversize]	REF D840. T54
The Twentieth Century: An Almanac	REF D 427 . T84

New York Times Historical - 1851-2006
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NYT Historical - full-image archive of the entire historical run of The New York Times - coverage since 1851 - 2006. Every page of every issue from cover to cover, with full-page and article images in downloadable PDF. A new year's content is added annually. Current New York Times articles are available in NewsBank's Americas' Newspapers the screen (right,top) shows the date and search terms, document type limited to articles to avoid ads and obits the screen (right, bottom) displays the 17 full-text articles found on Feb 2, 1983 about sports.


America's Newspapers: Florida Newspapers
This search was done using the Florida feature of America's Newspapers , covering 40 newspapers. You may choose any state you wish, or use the US coverage of 1,000 newspapers. Each paper provides unique coverage of local and regional news, including companies, politics, sports, industries, cultural activities, and people in the community. Paid ads are excluded. Earliest content for Florida begins in 1982. Pre 1982, use New York Times Historical . The search pictured right found 302 full-text articles for Feb 2, 1983
St Petersburg Times newspapers have been digitally archived and are available online http://tcclibraryblog.blogspot.com/2008/10/st-petersburg-times-newspaper-archives.html Find links to more newspaper archives available online at our Library Blog http://tcclibraryblog.blogspot.com/2009/11/looking-for-newspaper-archives.html