https://kite.kagi.com/onthisday.rss Historical events and notable people for today http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification python-feedgen Thu, 24 Jul 2025 13:46:26 +0000 https://kite.kagi.com/163f8fc7-88b8-4263-9579-4fcdd74532b3/onthisday <a data-wiki-id="Scottish_clan" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scottish_clan" title="Scottish clan">Scottish clansmen</a> led by <a data-wiki-id="Donald_of_Islay,_Lord_of_the_Isles" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_of_Islay,_Lord_of_the_Isles" title="Donald of Islay, Lord of the Isles">Donald of Islay, Lord of the Isles</a>, and <a data-wiki-id="Alexander_Stewart,_Earl_of_Mar" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Stewart,_Earl_of_Mar" title="Alexander Stewart, Earl of Mar">Alexander Stewart, Earl of Mar</a>, fought the <b><a data-wiki-id="Battle_of_Harlaw" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Harlaw" title="Battle of Harlaw">Battle of Harlaw</a></b> near <a data-wiki-id="Inverurie" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inverurie" title="Inverurie">Inverurie</a>, Scotland. onthisday-1411--5485407380844480450 Thu, 24 Jul 2025 13:46:26 +0000 https://kite.kagi.com/163f8fc7-88b8-4263-9579-4fcdd74532b3/onthisday <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Newton" data-wiki-id="Q357301" title="John Newton">John Newton</a></b> (Amazing Grace hymn writer) was born. onthisday-1725-5186084717319488117 Thu, 24 Jul 2025 13:46:26 +0000 https://kite.kagi.com/163f8fc7-88b8-4263-9579-4fcdd74532b3/onthisday <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simón_Bolívar" data-wiki-id="Q8605" title="Simón Bolívar">Simón Bolívar</a></b> (Latin American liberator) was born. onthisday-1783--2635048903322017758 Thu, 24 Jul 2025 13:46:26 +0000 https://kite.kagi.com/163f8fc7-88b8-4263-9579-4fcdd74532b3/onthisday <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandre_Dumas" data-wiki-id="Q38337" title="Alexandre Dumas">Alexandre Dumas</a></b> (Three Musketeers novelist) was born. onthisday-1802--6065322439450816624 Thu, 24 Jul 2025 13:46:26 +0000 https://kite.kagi.com/163f8fc7-88b8-4263-9579-4fcdd74532b3/onthisday <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Van_Buren" data-wiki-id="Q11820" title="Martin Van Buren">Martin Van Buren</a></b> (8th U.S. president) died. onthisday-1862-4747259999595609832 Thu, 24 Jul 2025 13:46:26 +0000 https://kite.kagi.com/163f8fc7-88b8-4263-9579-4fcdd74532b3/onthisday <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amelia_Earhart" data-wiki-id="Q3355" title="Amelia Earhart">Amelia Earhart</a></b> (pioneering aviator) was born. onthisday-1897--5354940347479274051 Thu, 24 Jul 2025 13:46:26 +0000 https://kite.kagi.com/163f8fc7-88b8-4263-9579-4fcdd74532b3/onthisday <a data-wiki-id="Ottoman_Empire" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ottoman_Empire" title="Ottoman Empire">Ottoman</a> forces captured the city of <a data-wiki-id="Shkod%C3%ABr" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shkod%C3%ABr" title="Shkodër">Shkodër</a>, ending the <b><a data-wiki-id="Albanian_revolt_of_1910" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albanian_revolt_of_1910" title="Albanian revolt of 1910">Albanian revolt of 1910</a></b> <i>(depicted)</i>. onthisday-1910--2154612973948181761 Thu, 24 Jul 2025 13:46:26 +0000 https://kite.kagi.com/163f8fc7-88b8-4263-9579-4fcdd74532b3/onthisday <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frances_Oldham_Kelsey" data-wiki-id="Q433352" title="Frances Oldham Kelsey">Frances Oldham Kelsey</a></b> (FDA doctor barred thalidomide) was born. onthisday-1914--2481878255056587884 Thu, 24 Jul 2025 13:46:26 +0000 https://kite.kagi.com/163f8fc7-88b8-4263-9579-4fcdd74532b3/onthisday <a data-wiki-id="Franco-Syrian_War" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franco-Syrian_War" title="Franco-Syrian War">Franco-Syrian War</a>: At the <b><a data-wiki-id="Battle_of_Maysalun" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Maysalun" title="Battle of Maysalun">Battle of Maysalun</a></b> forces of the <a data-wiki-id="Arab_Kingdom_of_Syria" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arab_Kingdom_of_Syria" title="Arab Kingdom of Syria">Arab Kingdom of Syria</a> were defeated by a French army moving to occupy the territory allocated to them by the <a data-wiki-id="San_Remo_conference" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Remo_conference" title="San Remo conference">San Remo conference</a>. onthisday-1920--6159002231408391393 Thu, 24 Jul 2025 13:46:26 +0000 https://kite.kagi.com/163f8fc7-88b8-4263-9579-4fcdd74532b3/onthisday The <b><a data-wiki-id="Treaty_of_Lausanne" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_Lausanne" title="Treaty of Lausanne">Treaty of Lausanne</a></b> was signed to settle part of the <a data-wiki-id="Partition_of_the_Ottoman_Empire" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Partition_of_the_Ottoman_Empire" title="Partition of the Ottoman Empire">partition of the Ottoman Empire</a>, establishing the boundaries of Greece, Bulgaria and Turkey. onthisday-1923-5161999886761509127 Thu, 24 Jul 2025 13:46:26 +0000 https://kite.kagi.com/163f8fc7-88b8-4263-9579-4fcdd74532b3/onthisday <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jennifer_Lopez" data-wiki-id="Q40715" title="Jennifer Lopez">Jennifer Lopez</a></b> (singer and actress) was born. onthisday-1969--1038444153366780802 Thu, 24 Jul 2025 13:46:26 +0000 https://kite.kagi.com/163f8fc7-88b8-4263-9579-4fcdd74532b3/onthisday <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Chadwick" data-wiki-id="Q80884" title="James Chadwick">James Chadwick</a></b> (Neutron-discovering physicist) died. onthisday-1974-257242955124923687 Thu, 24 Jul 2025 13:46:26 +0000 https://kite.kagi.com/163f8fc7-88b8-4263-9579-4fcdd74532b3/onthisday <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fritz_Albert_Lipmann" data-wiki-id="Q77104" title="Fritz Albert Lipmann">Fritz Albert Lipmann</a></b> (Nobel biochemist) died. onthisday-1986-7669156578726178558 Thu, 24 Jul 2025 13:46:26 +0000 https://kite.kagi.com/163f8fc7-88b8-4263-9579-4fcdd74532b3/onthisday <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac_Bashevis_Singer" data-wiki-id="Q75612" title="Isaac Bashevis Singer">Isaac Bashevis Singer</a></b> (Nobel novelist) died. onthisday-1991--9014552435875741175 Thu, 24 Jul 2025 13:46:26 +0000 https://kite.kagi.com/163f8fc7-88b8-4263-9579-4fcdd74532b3/onthisday <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Doll" data-wiki-id="Q740803" title="Richard Doll">Richard Doll</a></b> (Smoking-cancer epidemiologist) died. onthisday-2005-7195528161339821487 Thu, 24 Jul 2025 13:46:26 +0000 https://kite.kagi.com/163f8fc7-88b8-4263-9579-4fcdd74532b3/onthisday <b><a data-wiki-id="Boris_Johnson" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boris_Johnson" title="Boris Johnson">Boris Johnson</a></b> became <a data-wiki-id="Prime_Minister_of_the_United_Kingdom" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Prime Minister of the United Kingdom">Prime Minister of the United Kingdom</a> after winning the <a data-wiki-id="2019_Conservative_Party_leadership_election" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019_Conservative_Party_leadership_election" title="2019 Conservative Party leadership election">Conservative Party leadership election</a>. onthisday-2019-70404097025609189 Thu, 24 Jul 2025 13:46:26 +0000