Mnemocracy

On This Day in History

What happened on this day, in every year.

Mnemocracy shows the events, births, deaths and holidays of each day from Wikipedia, in 14 languages, with the whole article one tap away. Read it every day, then test yourself in the Sunday tournament.

Open Mnemocracy Add it to your phone

Free, no account, no ads. Works in any browser, on phones and computers.

Every Sunday · 8 pm Malta time

The Sunday tournament

Twelve questions about the week’s history, five seconds each. Answer all twelve correctly to win the prize. Nobody did? It rolls over, and grows by US$100 every week until someone does.

  1. Read during the week The questions come from the “On this day” lists of the 7 days before the game.
  2. Join from 7:45 pm Open Mnemocracy on Sunday evening, pick a nickname and wait in the lobby.
  3. Play at 8 pm 12 questions on the year or century of an event. A perfect run wins; if several players have one, the fastest wins.

First tournament

Sunday 4 October 2026, 8:00 pm

Prize

US$100

Plus US$100 more for every week nobody has a perfect run.

Play in the web app

Free to enter. For people 18 or older who live in Malta. Skill only: no purchase, no luck. Official rules.

Get Mnemocracy

Mnemocracy works in your browser at app.mnemocracy.com. Add it to your home screen and it opens full screen, like any other app. The iPhone and Android apps are on their way.

Your device

iPhone and iPad

  1. Open app.mnemocracy.com in Safari.
  2. Tap the Share button (the square with an arrow).
  3. Tap Add to Home Screen, then Add.
Your device

Android

  1. Open app.mnemocracy.com in Chrome.
  2. Tap the menu (⋮) at the top right.
  3. Tap Add to Home screen, then Install.
Your device

Computer

  1. Open app.mnemocracy.com.
  2. In Chrome or Edge, click the install icon at the right of the address bar.
  3. In Safari on a Mac, choose File › Add to Dock.
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A few minutes of history a day

Every day of the year

Events, births, deaths and holidays for today, or any day you pick in the calendar.

The whole story

Every entry opens its Wikipedia article in the app, in any language it exists in.

14 languages

Each Wikipedia picks its own highlights, so every language tells the day differently.

A daily quiz

Guess the year of the day’s events and keep your streak going.

Favourites and search

Keep the entries you love and find them again, all stored on your device.

Private by design

No account, no ads, no tracking. How your data is handled.