Information Please: This Date in History
<http://www.infoplease.com/cgi-bin/dayinhistory/>
Short "this-day-in-history" entries with hotlinks to longer encyclopedia
articles from the Information Please Almanac.
Today in History
<http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/today/today.html>
From the American Memory Project. Contains pictures and primary
documents.
SAT Question of the Day
<http://www.collegeboard.com/apps/qotd/question>
USA Today
<http://www.usatoday.com/usafront.htm>
Today's headlines
Word Central
<http://www.wordcentral.com/>
Enter "the Hallway". Click "Daily Buzzword". Click "hear
it" to have the
word read to you.
Daily Almanac
<http://www.dailyalmanacs.com/>
Scroll down, click on a date to see a list of important birthdays,
death
dates, events, holidays and observances.
Astronomy Picture of the Day
<http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.html>
A new image every day with a brief explanation.
Earth Science Picture of the Day
<http://epod.usra.edu/>
A new picture each day with related links.
Earth Calendar
<http://www.earthcalendar.net/>
Every day is a celebration! The Earth Calendar is a global daybook
of
holidays and festivals around the world.
Quote of the Day
<http://www.bartleby.com/quotations/>
From Bartleby's Literary Resource. Scroll down to see Quotation
of the Day.
Yahooligans: Joke of the Day
<http://www.yahooligans.com/content/jokes/>