Display your posts from this exact day in previous years in WordPress

WPTimehop

/**
 * 
 * Time Capsule By Sam Azgor
 * Copy and paste the following code in your theme’s functions.php file
 * Add this to your template - <?php wp_timehop_sam(); ?>
 * 
 */

function wp_timehop() { 
$today = getdate();
$the_query = new WP_Query(  '&monthnum=' . $today['mon'] . '&day=' . $today['mday'] );
if ( $the_query->have_posts() ) : 
while ( $the_query->have_posts() ) : $the_query->the_post(); ?>
    <h2><a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>" title="Permanent link to <?php the_title(); ?> "><?php the_title(); ?></a></h2>
	<?php the_excerpt(); ?>
  <?php endwhile; ?>
  <?php wp_reset_postdata(); ?>
<?php else:  ?>
  <p><?php _e( 'Sorry, no posts matched your criteria.' ); ?></p>
<?php endif;
}