Maybe on the front page (or the side bar) we should have a link for the date (ie today in history). For example, today would be [[23 March]] [[2003]]. Or it could be a Special page updated automatically (Special:History, Special:Today?) It would look like this:
{23 March text}
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{2003 text}
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