Learn About The Day You Were Born

Learn About The Day and Year You Were Born

Begin Your Assignment by using........
The IMC Databases
Historic New York Times - use this database to locate newspaper articles about the day and year you were born
Facts on File - Search the American and World History databases by using the timelines; can limit to a specific year
Gale Virtual Reference Library - click on History-view all and then click on UXL Decades and choose the decade. Each section of the book has a chronology. It also has information on the topics in the news, people, arts and entertainment
History Resource Center: US and World - learn about the events of the year you were born
SIRS Decades - use this for additional information on the events of your birthday
Culture Grams - use this to locate information on a country

Use the catalog to locate books
Chronologies can be found in 917.3 while history books are found in 973.92

Use the Internet for Popular Culture information.

Philly News Archive - locate summaries of articles from the Philadelphia Inquirer on the day you were born

The 20th Century - you can find the events that occurred on the day you were born; just choose the year and then scroll down for the day and the event.

Flashback - this site will give you information on the economy including individual prices for consumer items. Can also get information on the movies, television, books and sports. t is arranged by decade and can be searched by year

This Day in Movie History - births, deaths, marriages; you can search by month, day and year.

Today in History - American Memory Project of the Library of Congress

dMarie Time Capsule - you can locate information on your birthday by entering month, day, and year

The Day I Was Born - at this site you will find information on all the events on the day you were born; You will have to complete the calendar to access iThe Day I Was Born nformation about the day you were born; you can even create an online project
Yahoo! This Day in History
Anyday Today-in-History Pages
A Day in History - Search by month and year; it will give you a list of events for each year
History Channel
Famous Birthdays
On This Day - Archives of the New York Times
MPR's The Writer's Almanac - Today in Literary History
This Day in Music History - Pick your Own Day
This Date in Baseball

The American Cultural History from Kingwood College Library - learn about popular culture and history; links to web sites with pictures and information organized by decade

The History of Fashion - this site has pictures and information about fashion organized by era and decade

The Decades from Yahoo - list of links to popular culture

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