✦Your Birthday. Our History. Everybody's Story.✦Hosted by Addae Olamina✦A new conversation every calendar day✦Fact-checked through the Library of Congress✦Same date. Different stories.✦The past, freshly told.✦Your Birthday. Our History. Everybody's Story.✦Hosted by Addae Olamina✦A new conversation every calendar day✦Fact-checked through the Library of Congress✦Same date. Different stories.✦The past, freshly told.
IT Happened Today
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Origin & mission

Same date.
Different stories.

Your birthday. Our history. Everybody's story.

Our core tenets

Rigorous fact-checking

Every date, quotation, and event is checked against primary records at the Library of Congress, National Archives, and Smithsonian.

Personal connection

We never talk about history in the abstract. Each episode welcomes a real listener celebrating their birthday on that date.

Addae Olamina, founder & host

Creator & host

Addae Olamina

Founded IT Happened Today to bridge scholarly historical research with entertaining morning conversation — turning every calendar date into a celebration of our shared human story.

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Primary sources

Library of Congress & National Archives

Fact-checked

Every date, quotation, and event verified

Daily cadence

A new conversation every calendar day