random-date-fact

Fetches an interesting historical fact or notable event that occurred on a specific date (month and day). Great for daily fun facts and discovering what happened on this day in history.

Installation

Run via NPX (no install needed):

npx @dennisk2025/random-date-fact

Or install globally:

npm install -g @dennisk2025/random-date-fact

Adding to Claude Desktop

Add the following to your claude_desktop_config.json file:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "random-date-fact": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["@dennisk2025/random-date-fact"]
    }
  }
}

Place this file at:

• macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
• Windows: %APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json

Usage & Available Tools

This MCP server provides the following tools:

1. get_fact_for_date

• Description: Gets a random historical fact or event for the given month and day.
• Parameters:
  • month (integer, required): Month of the year (1-12)
  • day (integer, required): Day of the month (1-31)

Example Call

{
  "name": "get_fact_for_date",
  "arguments": { "month": 9, "day": 14 }
}

Example Response

{
  "year": "1814",
  "description": "Francis Scott Key writes a poem which is later set to music and in 1931 becomes America's national anthem, 'The Star-Spangled Banner.'",
  "link": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Scott_Key"
}

2. get_fact_for_today

• Description: Gets a random historical fact or event for today’s date (month and day).
• Parameters: (none)

Example Call

{
  "name": "get_fact_for_today",
  "arguments": {}
}

Example Response

{
  "year": "1969",
  "description": "Apollo 11 launches from Cape Kennedy, Florida, carrying Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins on the first mission to land on the Moon.",
  "link": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_11"
}

Error Handling

If there are no facts found or an API error occurs, you will receive an error message in the response.

License

MIT