{day}: Get notable births for a specific date

API: dayinhistory.dev:day-in-history-api
Endpoint: /births/{month}/{day}
Response format: application/json
Auth: none
Method: GET
Last Status: 200
Latency: 966ms

Description

Returns notable births for a specific month/day using named months. Query famous birthdays for any date using lowercase month names (e.g., 'january/1'). Useful for birthday lookup features or calendar applications.

From spec: Returns a paginated list of notable people born on the specified month and day.

Usage Tips

- Month names are lowercase (january, february, etc.) - Day is numeric - Historical figures may have negative birth years indicating BCE dates

Parameters (3)

day (integer, path, required)

Day of the month (1-31, depending on month)

Constraints: {'minimum': 1, 'maximum': 31}

month (string, path, required)

Full month name (e.g., january, february, march)

Constraints: {'enum': ['january', 'february', 'march', 'april', 'may', 'june', 'july', 'august', 'september', 'october', 'november', 'december']}

page (integer, query, optional, default: 1)

Page number for pagination (starting from 1)

Constraints: {'minimum': 1}

Examples (3)

Get notable births for January 1st curl

Fetch notable births on January 1

curl 'https://api.dayinhistory.dev/v1/births/january/1?month=january&day=1'
import requests

resp = requests.get(
    "https://api.dayinhistory.dev/v1/births/january/1",
    params={
        'month': 'january',
        'day': 1,
    },
)
data = resp.json()
import zingu_apis

api = zingu_apis.api("dayinhistory")
result = api.fetch("births/{month}/{day}", month="january", day=1)

for item in result:
    print(item)
const resp = await fetch("https://api.dayinhistory.dev/v1/births/january/1?month=january&day=1");
const data = await resp.json();
Get notable births for July 4th curl

Fetch notable births on July 4

curl 'https://api.dayinhistory.dev/v1/births/july/4?month=july&day=4'
import requests

resp = requests.get(
    "https://api.dayinhistory.dev/v1/births/july/4",
    params={
        'month': 'july',
        'day': 4,
    },
)
data = resp.json()
import zingu_apis

api = zingu_apis.api("dayinhistory")
result = api.fetch("births/{month}/{day}", month="july", day=4)

for item in result:
    print(item)
const resp = await fetch("https://api.dayinhistory.dev/v1/births/july/4?month=july&day=4");
const data = await resp.json();
Get page 2 of notable births for December 25th curl

Fetch notable births on December 25 (paginated)

curl 'https://api.dayinhistory.dev/v1/births/december/25?page=2&month=december&day=25'
import requests

resp = requests.get(
    "https://api.dayinhistory.dev/v1/births/december/25",
    params={
        'page': 2,
        'month': 'december',
        'day': 25,
    },
)
data = resp.json()
import zingu_apis

api = zingu_apis.api("dayinhistory")
result = api.fetch("births/{month}/{day}", page=2, month="december", day=25)

for item in result:
    print(item)
const resp = await fetch("https://api.dayinhistory.dev/v1/births/december/25?page=2&month=december&day=25");
const data = await resp.json();

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