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Quick Reference Sources: Chronologies & Timelines

What Happened -- Historical Dates & Time Periods

World Book Timelines
Use timelines already created or create your own customized timeline
World News Digest (database)
News stories searchable by decade and year. Covers the 1940's to present.
Oxford Reference Timelines (database)
Search by century or subject.
InfoPlease Timelines (website)
Search by broad categories in the drop down menu.
American Decades (print books)
10 volume set: covers 1900-1990's
American Eras (ebook & print books)
8 volume set: Early American civilization through Westward Expansion
Reference 1st Floor and in ebook format
Chronology of World History (print books)
4 volume set: Ancient world through modern world.
Timetables of History: a Horizontal Linkage of People and Events (print book)
People's Chronology : a Year by Year Record of Human Events from Prehistory to the Present (print book)
New York Public Library Book of Chronologies (print book)
Timelines of History [Smithsonian]
Curriculum Collection, 3rd Floor

On This Date in History

Daily Video of World Events
From the History Channel. Watch the video for current date or use the calendar option to choose past dates.
On This Day -- from New York Times
Today in History -- from Historynet.com
Today in History -- from World Book Academic

What Happened on the Day You Were Born?

Image from Image Quest Database

Historical New York Times This link opens in a new window
Locate the Publication Date option. Choose "on this date" from the drop-down menu. Type in your birthday.