Hi folks,

I’ve found a handful of This Day in History modules and even RSS feeds, but they all show one fact per day. What I have in mind is a TDIH that’s like a news ticker. For example, if today were Feb. 23, then it would display “1836 - Battle of Alamo in Texas” and then four seconds later show “1887 - French Riviera hit by earthquake” and so on. Does such a thing already exist? If not, could someone help me code it?

@yawns Ok I think I found what I’m looking for here: http://history.muffinlabs.com

Now how do I get it on my Magic Mirror? Again, Noob here.

@yawns Thank you! Solid suggestions. Yeah an excerpt would work. I just want less info on the screen at a time, and more of them. What I was envisioning is like what pops up when you type a date into Wikipedia (is that a faux pas? Noob here…). This was under the “Feb 12” entry:

@ninjabreadman Thank you! I wonder if there’s a way to make it display not quite so much info? Like just a little blurb before moving on to the next event on the day in question?

Hi folks,

I’ve found a handful of This Day in History modules and even RSS feeds, but they all show one fact per day. What I have in mind is a TDIH that’s like a news ticker. For example, if today were Feb. 23, then it would display “1836 - Battle of Alamo in Texas” and then four seconds later show “1887 - French Riviera hit by earthquake” and so on. Does such a thing already exist? If not, could someone help me code it?