On This Day

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Historical events, births, and deaths for any date via byabbe.se

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free tier50 calls/day

Tools

get_eventsrequired: month, day

Get a list of historical events that took place on a specific month and day across all years.

Parameters
NameTypeDescription
monthreqnumberMonth as a number (1-12).
dayreqnumberDay of the month (1-31).
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get_birthsrequired: month, day

Get a list of notable people born on a specific month and day across all years.

Parameters
NameTypeDescription
monthreqnumberMonth as a number (1-12).
dayreqnumberDay of the month (1-31).
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get_deathsrequired: month, day

Get a list of notable people who died on a specific month and day across all years.

Parameters
NameTypeDescription
monthreqnumberMonth as a number (1-12).
dayreqnumberDay of the month (1-31).
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Test with curl

The gateway speaks JSON-RPC 2.0 over HTTP POST. You can test any pack directly from the terminal.

List available tools
bash
curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/onthisday/mcp \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/list"}'
Call a tool
bash
curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/onthisday/mcp \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":2,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"get_events","arguments":{"month": 6, "day": 15}}}'

Use with the SDK

Install @pipeworx/sdk to call tools from any TypeScript/Node project.

TypeScript
import { Pipeworx } from '@pipeworx/sdk';
const px = new Pipeworx();
const result = await px.call("get_events", {"month":"example","day":"example"});
ask_pipeworx
// Or ask in plain English:
const answer = await px.ask("historical events, births, and deaths for any date via byabbe");