World Book® Encyclopedia and Software MacKiev present This Day in History, an interactive calendar which displays significant historical events that took place on the current day or any selected day. Navigate to any another date or skip forward and back a day at a time. Find out what famous people and events share your birthday.

STAY TUNED: Coming very soon in a free update, we are adding pictures, sounds, music, speeches and article text to events, all taken from the World Book Multimedia Encyclopedia for Macintosh and Windows. You'll be able to listen to the national anthem of each country on the day it became a nation and see pictures of the people and places making that day in history famous. The journey begins here, each and every day.