Also look at propublica's timeline tool. Probably not a good fit but might be some UI ideas there.
Geo integration = http://code.google.com/p/timemap/
Thinking about geo:
We should allow for this sort of information -- map-based and page-based -- to be expressed.
Other cool examples
http://www.pastmapper.com/map/1853/
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