Shire Reckoning

Allyn wrote a plugin called Shire Reckoning a while back to display the current date in the Shire Calendar, a date system of Tolkien’s invention. Now it’s even easier to use thanks to Allyn’s calendar widget.

APOD

Astronomy Picture Of the Day, now available as a WordPress Widget. Get the APOD Widget. (It’s cheaper than a telescope.)

This Day On Wikipedia

Display today’s date linked to significant historical events on Wikipedia with This Day On Wikipedia.

Verse of the Day

Bugboy's Verse of the Day widget will display a different verse every day from Bible Gateway.