Telegraph | News | Why Oct 17th is an important date for your diary

For most of us, next Tuesday will be another day to tick off on our personal calendars, one day closer to Christmas or one day further away from the summer holidays.

But a group of charities headed by the National Trust and English Heritage hope that it will become a moment of history unlike any other with the launch of the greatest mass “blog” ever.

Fry used a line from Shakespeare to urge people to take part in the “One Day in History” blog: “As Henry V would say: ‘Gentlemen in England now abed will hold themselves accursed they were not here’”

The blogs should contain a reflection on how history affected the person writing on that particular day, but this could be something as simple as describing an old building they walk past on the way to school or a discussion with a relative about the family tree.

Even the repeat of an old television programme and reflections on how fast our world is changing would fit the bill, the organisers said.

So, head on over to the History Matters website and upload your diary for today and contribute to biggest blog ever, to be stored at the British Museum….