Calendarium - About this Day

Instead of me reviewing this app, let it speak for itself. Here are some “events” that happened on this day that this app chose to “recall” for me. App lets you copy paste them so here’s a preview for you, these were at the top of the list: ”17.11.2013 – Fifty people are killed when Tatarstan Airlines Flight 363 crashes at Kazan Airport, Russia. 17.11.2012 – At least 50 schoolchildren are killed in an accident at a railway crossing near Manfalut, Egypt. 17.11.2000 – A catastrophic landslide in Log pod Mangartom, Slovenia, kills seven, and causes millions of SIT of damage. It is one of the worst catastrophes in Slovenia in the past 100 years. 17.11.1997 – In Luxor, Egypt, 62 people are killed by six Islamic militants outside the Temple of Hatshepsut, known as Luxor massacre.” The list is long and does have some interesting events like: “17.11.1947 – American scientists John Bardeen and Walter Houser Brattain observe the basic principles of the transistor, a key element for the electronics revolution of the 20th century.” Most of the “events”, however, have to do with catastrophes, war-related deaths, massacres, accidents and destruction. Is that supposed to be entertaining or insightful? Isn’t it enough that we already have News channels for this sort of thing? To fill yourself up with negativity in such an unproductive way - without context or purpose is very unhealthy. What possible purpose could it serve to inform me that in 2012 “At least 50 schoolchildren are killed in an accident” at some railway crossing in Egypt? Am I supposed to listen to my music or eat lunch while reading this casually? Why not instead focus on the good/positive things such as scientific discoveries, art, music, literature... things that shaped and inspired the world in *positive* ways? Surely there are plenty on this day, every day. Such events inspire positive thinking throughout the day and make us feel more positive about our own affairs. As Humans we have a strong tendency to relate easily to the suffering and demise of other members of our own species, in fact this is what’s known as Empathy. To take advantage of this susceptibility and build a whole app to exploit it, well that’s just low.

This app gives you everything that happens on this day in history which I compare it to a radio station that has a almanac in the morning. Wish they also gave the birthday of famous people born on this day.

Once I figured it out, the feature that allows one to “google” the event to learn more detail is an invaluable history teacher!

It is fun to use this app & gain a historical perspective about events that happened a year; a decade; or much further back in time.

I think it would be interesting if there was a possibility of navigating though days more easily than going back and forth day by day. Also I think it could have an option to see the most important facts of the day.

Can you please update your app icon? It feels like I’m in 2010 when I look at it. Also a better variety of facts!

Yes good to know the different things that happened on the dates

Great calendar to keep up with all those special days as ya go, Birthdays, appointments, sport events, Maybe top 3 apps on my phone, set it and it will not let ya Forget it, Great

Love waking up and finding out what happened on today’s date long ago. Sometimes I know what transpired on today’s date, other times it’s all new to me. Great app!

I had this app for about 2 wks & deleted it. It was mostly a list of wars, crashes & accidents. How about some fun facts or interesting little known info??? It was instead a depressing litany of people being crappy to each other. It is a part of history but jeez, how about some soul inspiring happy moments? Or maybe during black history or women’s history months, focusing on that. Just really hated reading lists of how many peeps died on this date for whatever reason.