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Wikimedia disambiguation page

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 22, 2026
Entity authorityQ348420
Source-derived summary

Today (archaically to-day) usually refers to:

The current day and calendar date

Today is between Tuesday, 22 September 2026 and Wednesday, 23 September 2026, subject to the local time zone

Now, the time that is perceived directly, the present

The current, present era

Today may also refer to:

Arts, entertainment and media

Periodicals and websites

Today (Indian newspaper), a defunct afternoon newspaper

Today (Jintian), a Chinese literary journal co-founded by Huang Rui

Today (Singapore newspaper), a Singapore English-language digital news publisher

Today (UK newspaper), a defunct national newspaper in the UK

Today, a Filipino newspaper that was merged with the Manila Standard resulting in the Manila Standard Today

Florida Today or Today, a U.S. daily newspaper

Today Newspaper (Gambia), an independent newspaper in the Gambia, West Africa

Today Newspapers, a defunct newspaper chain in Texas, US

Today, the new John Bull, a defunct British magazine

Today (Italian newspaper), an online newspaper published by Citynews (Italy)

Radio Today (website), a network of websites reporting on radio news and events based in MediaCityUK

Television

Today (1960 TV program), an Australian morning television program

Today (Australian TV program), an Australian breakfast television program

Today (Thames Television series), a regional news programme shown in the London area, commonly remembered for Bill Grundy's 1976 interview with the Sex Pistols

Today (American TV program) (also known as The Today Show), an American news and talk morning television show that airs on NBC

GMTV Today, a defunct UK weekday breakfast programme

LK Today, a defunct female lifestyle show presented by Lorraine Kelly, succeeded by GMTV with Lorraine

Today with Maura and Daithi, an Irish TV morning program

Radio

Today (BBC Radio 4), BBC Radio 4's breakfast news and current affairs programme

Hit Network, formerly the Today Network, a network in Australia

Today with... (RTÉ Radio 1), an Irish news and current affairs programme

2Day FM, a station in Sydney, Australia

Today FM, an Irish commercial FM radio station which is available nationally

Today Show Radio, a simulcast of the American Today Show on Sirius Satellite Radio and XM Satellite Radio

Radio Today, a Bangladeshi radio station

Films

Today (1930 film), a 1930 American drama directed by William Nigh

Today (2012 film) or Aujourd'hui, a 2012 French film

Today (2014 film), a 2014 Iranian film

To-Day, a 1917 silent drama

Music

Groups

Today (group), an American R&B vocal group

Today (production duo), a Canadian record producer team

Albums

Today (Angela Aki album), or the title song, 2007

Today (Elvis Presley album), 1975

Today (Galaxie 500 album), 1988

Today! (Herbie Mann album), or the title song, 1966

Today (Johnny Hartman album), 1972

Today (Junkie XL album), or the title song, 2006

Today (Marty Robbins album), 1971

Today! (Mississippi John Hurt album), 1966

Today (Perry Como album), 1987

Today! (Skip James album), 1966

Today (The Statler Brothers album), 1983

Today (Superpitcher album), 2005

Today (Today album), 1988

The Beach Boys Today!, 1965

Today, by 33Miles, 2010

Today!, by The Airmen of Note, 1978

Today, by Gary McFarland, 1969

Today, by Johnny Maestro & the Brooklyn Bridge, 2004

Today, by Raul Malo, or the title song, 2001

EPs

Today (EP), by Everlast, or the title song, 1999

Today, by Gigi Leung, 1999

Songs

"Today" (Brad Paisley song), 2016

"Today" (Gary Allan song), 2009

"Today" (Jefferson Airplane song), 1967

"Today" (Mel B song), 2005

"Today" (The New Christy Minstrels song), 1964

"Today" (Scooter song), 2014

"Today" (The Smashing Pumpkins song), 1993

"Today" (Talk Talk song), 1982

"Today", by Air

"Today", by Barry Ryan

"Today", by Danny Brown from Atrocity Exhibition

"Today", by Family

"Today", by Hank Thompson from Country Love Ballads

"Today", by Joshua Radin from We Were Here

"Today", by Kim Dong-ryool from Walking With

"Today", by KMFDM from Adios

"Today", by Lagwagon from Double Plaidinum

"Today", by Lifehouse from Lifehouse

"Today", by Mad Caddies from Keep It Going

"Today", by Poe from the soundtrack of the film Great Expectations

"Today", by Sandie Shaw

"Today", by Sugababes from The Lost Tapes

"Today", by VIXX LR from Whisper

"Today", by Zero 7 from The Garden

"T.O.D.A.Y", by Royce da 5'9" featuring Ingrid Smalls from Death Is Certain

Characters

Today, in the Abbott and Costello comedy routine Who's on First?

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “Today” as wikimedia disambiguation page. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Today, Wikimedia and disambiguation.

Editorial reviewA practical starting point whose main value is the path it opens into stronger specialist and primary sources. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2026, 1960, 1976, 1930—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Today, Wikimedia and disambiguation providing the first useful test.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

A short description can identify a subject without explaining its stakes. For “Today”, the useful work is to connect “wikimedia disambiguation page” to the records capable of establishing context and consequence.

Evidence profile

Vocabulary and entity names are the principal evidence signals here, because they determine the precision of every later search. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 22, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q348420. None of the 0 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 2026, 1960, 1976 and 1930.

Critical limits

The absence of detail may reflect summary conventions rather than a lack of surviving documentation. The source lead contains qualifying language; that uncertainty should survive quotation, summary and reuse. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

How to read it

Use the entry as an orientation point, then follow its citations and revision history. Names, dates and institutional relationships should be checked against the original record.

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Source & attribution

This entry incorporates text from Today” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.