Today in History (MuffinLabs)
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Documentation: history.muffinlabs.com ยท Checked Sep 22, 2026
About
Today in History returns notable births, deaths, and events for any month and day, with no key and no signup. It is perfect on-this-day content for bots: morning briefings, social posts, or trivia games. Use the API homepage as the docs reference, since the old GitHub repo link is dead.
Details
No key needed. You can call it right away.
Auth: No key
Rate limit: No key, no signup
Verified: 2026-09-22
Best for: personal fun
Setup
- No account or key is needed.
- Call the date endpoint with a month and day.
- Pick from events, births, and deaths in the response.
- Schedule it daily for an on-this-day bot.
Example
GET https://history.muffinlabs.com/date/9/22Use cases
- Post an on-this-day fact every morning
- Build a history trivia game
- Add historical flavor to a newsletter bot