This Day in History API

Historical Facts for
Every Day of the Year

Power your apps with rich historical data. Access thousands of curated facts through a simple, reliable REST API.

GET /api/facts/today

x-api-key: your_api_key_here

{
  "date": "1/12",
  "count": 8,
  "facts": [
    {
      "id": 1,
      "year": 2010,
      "title": "Haiti Earthquake",
      "description": "Magnitude 7.0...",
      "category": "Disasters"
    }
  ]
}

Built for Your Use Case

From social media automation to educational apps - we've got you covered

📱

Social Media Automation

Auto-post daily historical facts to Twitter, Instagram, or Facebook with pre-formatted text and hashtags.

✓ Pre-formatted text
✓ Auto hashtags
✓ Multiple formats

/api/facts/on-this-day-in-history

🔗

Zapier & No-Code Integration

Connect to 5,000+ apps using Zapier, Make.com, or n8n. No coding required.

✓ Zapier ready
✓ Make.com support
✓ No coding needed

/api/webhooks

🔔

Team Notifications

Send daily facts to Slack or Discord channels. Keep your team engaged and learning.

✓ Slack webhooks
✓ Discord integration
✓ Automated delivery

/api/webhooks

🔥

Trending & Popular Content

Discover what's popular with trending facts and smart content recommendations.

✓ Most popular facts
✓ Related content
✓ Smart discovery

/api/facts/trending

📅

Interactive Timelines

Build beautiful timeline visualizations and calendar heatmaps for any year or decade.

✓ Calendar data
✓ Heatmap format
✓ Browse by decade

/api/facts/calendar/2024

⚡

Fast & Reliable

Built on Vercel Edge Network with 99.9% uptime SLA. Sub-100ms response times globally.

✓ Lightning fast
✓ Global CDN
✓ 99.9% uptime

/api/facts/today

Simple, Transparent Pricing

Start free, scale as you grow

Free

$0/forever

1,000 requests/month

✓ All endpoints
✓ Basic support
✓ Community access
✓ API key management

Pro

$9/per month

25,000 requests/month

✓ Everything in Free
✓ Priority support
✓ Advanced analytics
✓ Higher rate limits
✓ Email notifications

Business

$29/per month

100,000 requests/month

✓ Everything in Pro
✓ 99.9% uptime SLA
✓ Custom rate limits
✓ Webhook notifications
✓ Priority bug fixes

Quick Start Guide

Get up and running in less than 5 minutes

1. Get Your API Key

Go to Dashboard →

2. Make Your First Request

curl https://thisdayinhistory.io/api/facts/today \
  -H "x-api-key: your_api_key_here"

3. Explore More Endpoints

Trending Facts