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🌐 Wikipedia On This Day ~ historical events by date

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Wikipedia's curated events, births and deaths for any calendar date as keyless JSON, with linked articles and thumbnails. Path is /onthisday/{type}/{MM}/{DD}. Global, works for MY.

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curl 'https://api.wikimedia.org/feed/v1/wikipedia/en/onthisday/selected/07/03'

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API: Wikipedia On This Day ~ historical events by date
Provider: Wikimedia Foundation
Endpoint: GET https://api.wikimedia.org/feed/v1/wikipedia/en/onthisday/selected/07/03
It returns JSON.

Source: Wikimedia Foundation (https://api.wikimedia.org/wiki/Feed_API/Reference/On_this_day)
Source type: Curated source
Endpoint type: Provider API base URL
Integration difficulty: Copy-paste ready
Last checked: 2026-07-03
Production caveat: Still handle empty rows, schema changes, pagination, stale coverage, and temporary upstream failures.

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