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Historical event data source information

Primary source:

Wolfram|Alpha Knowledgebase, 2024.

Background sources and references:

  • BrainyMedia.com. BrainyHistory. »
  • Grun, B. and E. Simpson. The Timetables of History: A Horizontal Linkage of People and Events. (4th ed.) Touchstone, 2005.
  • Johnson, D. E. From Day to Day: A Calendar of Notable Birthdays and Events. (2nd ed.) The Scarecrow Press, Inc., 2001.
  • Linge, M. K. The Essential Desk Reference. Oxford University Press, 2002.
  • Merrill, B. On This Date: A Day by Day Guide to History. CreateSpace, 2009.
  • Miller, A. R. and J. M. Brown, J. M. More on This Day in History. Prentice Hall Press, 2002.
  • Oxford University Press. The Essential Desk Reference. Oxford University Press, 2002.
  • Pearson Education. "World History." Infoplease. »
  • Scarre, C. Smithsonian Timelines of the Ancient World. Smithsonian Institution, 1993.
  • Spinrad, L. and T. Spinrad. On This Day In History. (1st ed.) Prentice Hall, 2000.
  • Teeple, J. B. Timelines of World History. DK Publishing, 2006.
  • Vaidyanathan, R. "Fifty Years of Barbie." BBC. »
  • Whiteley, S. On This Date: A Day‐by‐Day Listing of Holidays, Birthday and Historic Events, and Special Days, Weeks and Months. (1st ed.) McGraw—Hill, 2002.
  • The Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. Wikipedia. »
  • Wiltshire, K. The British Museum Timeline of the Ancient World. (1st ed.) Palgrave Macmillan, 2004.
  • Windsor, C. D. On This Day: Daily Inspiration for the History Buff, the Trivia Lover, and the Innately Curious. Howard Books, 2006.

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