This module displays events occurring on this day in history. For example, if today was January 6th the birth of Joan of Arc (born January 6, 1412) might be displayed.

This Day in History module adds the node type: Historical event, and supports the Node import module for importing historical events. User created historical events are displayed in blocks. Any number of blocks can be created, and the events displayed can be selected by a number of different criteria, including randomly. If no event exists for the current day, no block is displayed.

Features

  • Any number of blocks can be created
  • Block events can be selected by taxonomy term, user, role and randomly
  • A 'promote to block' field is also provided for content selection
  • Support for importing events is provided if the Node Import module is installed
  • Theming function support provided for block content

Current State

Drupal 6

A Beta version for Drupal 6 is available.

Drupal 5

Known Problems:

5.x-0.2: If a month is entered with a leading zero, for example, 01, you'll get the error "Day value is too large". To work around the problem enter the months January through September a single digit (i.e.: 1, 2, 3, 4 ...) This problem will be fixed in 5.x-0.3 and is available now in 5.x-1.x-dev.

Downloads

Recommended releases

Version Downloads Date Links
6.x-1.1 tar.gz (15.93 KB) | zip (18.91 KB) 2009-Sep-05 Notes
5.x-0.2 tar.gz (16.25 KB) | zip (18.97 KB) 2008-Jan-24 Notes

Development releases

Version Downloads Date Links
6.x-2.x-dev tar.gz (14.57 KB) | zip (17.09 KB) 2011-Feb-25 Notes
5.x-1.x-dev tar.gz (16.17 KB) | zip (18.84 KB) 2011-Feb-25 Notes

Project Information

  • Module categories: Content
  • Maintenance status: Unknown
  • Development status: Unknown
  • Reported installs: 60 sites currently report using this module. View usage statistics.
  • Last modified: November 25, 2009

Maintainers for This Day in History

  • torelad - 11 commits
    last: 2 years ago, first: 4 years ago

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