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2000 ๐ŸŽ‚ Arts

🎂 Born on this day: Sarah Kinsley, American singer-songwriter

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1997 ๐ŸŽ‚ Sports

🎂 Born on this day: Bam Adebayo, American basketball player

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1996 ๐ŸŒฟ Nature

Storms provoke severe flooding on the Saguenay River, beginning one of Quebec's costliest natural disasters ever.

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1996 ๐ŸŽ‚ Arts

🎂 Born on this day: Yung Lean, Swedish rapper and singer-songwriter

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1995 ๐ŸŽจ Arts

Selena's album Dreaming of You, instrumental in popularizing Tejano music, was released posthumously.

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1995 ๐ŸŒฟ Nature

On the Caribbean island of Montserrat, the Soufriรจre Hills volcano erupts. Over the course of several years, it devastates the island, destroying the capital, forcing most of the population to flee.

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1994 ๐ŸŽ‚ Sports

🎂 Born on this day: Nilo Soares, East Timorese footballer

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1993 ๐ŸŽ‚ Arts

🎂 Born on this day: Lee Tae-min, South Korean singer and actor

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1993 ๐ŸŽ‚ Sports

🎂 Born on this day: Michael Lichaa, Australian rugby league player

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1991 ๐ŸŽ‚ Invention

🎂 Born on this day: Mandy Rose, American wrestler and television personality

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1991 ๐ŸŽ‚ Sports

🎂 Born on this day: Eugenio Suรกrez, Venezuelan baseball player

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1989 ๐ŸŽ‚ Sports

🎂 Born on this day: Jamie Benn, Canadian ice hockey player

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1989 ๐ŸŽ‚ Sports

🎂 Born on this day: Sebastian Mielitz, German footballer

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1984 ๐ŸŽจ Arts

Parts of the dismembered body of Swedish prostitute Catrine da Costa were found in Stockholm.

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1976 โšฝ Sports

At the Olympic Games in Montreal, Nadia Comฤƒneci (pictured) became the first person to score a perfectย 10 in a modern Olympics gymnastics event.

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1976 โšฝ Sports

Nadia Comฤƒneci becomes the first person in Olympic Games history to score a perfect 10 in gymnastics at the 1976 Summer Olympics.

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1968 ๐ŸŒฟ Nature

Intel is founded in Mountain View, California.

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1966 ๐Ÿš€ Space

Human spaceflight: Gemini 10 is launched from Cape Kennedy on a 70-hour mission that includes docking with an orbiting Agena target vehicle.

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1942 ๐Ÿ’ก Invention

The Germans test fly the Messerschmitt Me 262 using its jet engines for the first time.

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1899 ๐Ÿš€ Space

Newsboys from Long Island City turned over a distribution wagon for the New York Journal, marking the start of the Newsboys' strike of 1899.

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1862 ๐Ÿงญ Exploration

First ascent of Dent Blanche, one of the highest summits in the Alps.

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1555 ๐ŸŽจ Arts

The College of Arms is reincorporated by Royal charter signed by Queen Mary I of England and King Philip II of Spain.

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1334 ๐ŸŽจ Arts

The bishop of Florence blesses the first foundation stone for the new campanile (bell tower) of the Florence Cathedral, designed by the artist Giotto di Bondone.

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About Fun Kid Facts

Fun Kid Facts (funkidfacts.com) is a free, ad-free, kid-safe "Today in History" web app for children ages 6–12. Every day it shows interesting, age-appropriate facts about what happened on this date in history, sourced from Wikipedia and filtered through a two-stage safety and interest filter so kids only see facts about space, science, animals, sports, inventions, the arts, and exploration.

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Is Fun Kid Facts free?
Yes. Fun Kid Facts is completely free, with no ads and no sign-up required.
What ages is it for?
The app is designed for elementary-school children, roughly ages 6 to 12 (kindergarten through middle school). The reading level is geared toward a 4th grader.
How does the kid-safety filter work?
Each Wikipedia fact is checked against two filters. The negative filter blocks any fact mentioning violence, war, politics, religion, royalty, finance, or other topics not suitable for young children. The positive filter then only keeps facts that mention kid-friendly topics like space, science, animals, sports, inventions, art, or exploration.
Where do the facts come from?
All facts come from Wikipedia's "On This Day" REST API. Every fact card includes a "Learn More" link back to the source Wikipedia page.
Can I see facts for a specific date or my birthday?
Yes. Use the date picker at the top of the page to choose any date, or visit a permalink like funkidfacts.com/day/4/15 for April 15.
Who built Fun Kid Facts?
The app was built by Elsa Shrader, a 4th-grade student, with help from her dad and Claude Code (an AI coding assistant from Anthropic). It runs on Google Cloud Run.

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