The date 17 October was chosen by History Matters in the hope that it would be--organisers hoped that participants could also discuss in their submission how history had imapacted on their lives that day.
The date 17 October was chosen by History Matters in the hope that it would be--each entry was limited to a length of between 100 and 650 words. Organisers hoped that participants could also history had imapacted on their lives that day.