diff --git a/ietf/idtracker/templatetags/ietf_filters.py b/ietf/idtracker/templatetags/ietf_filters.py
index ce216e8d7..3beac0987 100644
--- a/ietf/idtracker/templatetags/ietf_filters.py
+++ b/ietf/idtracker/templatetags/ietf_filters.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import textwrap
 from django import template
 from django.conf import settings
 from django.utils.html import escape, fix_ampersands
-from django.template.defaultfilters import linebreaksbr, wordwrap, stringfilter
+from django.template.defaultfilters import linebreaksbr, wordwrap, stringfilter, urlize, truncatewords_html
 from django.template import resolve_variable
 from django.utils.safestring import mark_safe, SafeData
 try:
@@ -440,6 +440,15 @@ def ad_area(user):
             return g[0].acronym
     return None
 
+@register.filter
+def format_history_text(text):
+    """Run history text through some cleaning and add ellipsis if it's too long."""
+    full = mark_safe(sanitize_html(keep_spacing(linebreaksbr(urlize(mark_safe(text))))))
+    snipped = truncatewords_html(format_textarea(fill(text, 80)), 25)
+    if snipped[-3:] == "...":
+        return mark_safe(u'<div class="snipped">%s<div class="showAll">[show all]</div><div><div style="display:none" class="full">%s</div>' % (snipped, full))
+    return full
+
 def _test():
     import doctest
     doctest.testmod()
diff --git a/ietf/templates/wginfo/history.html b/ietf/templates/wginfo/history.html
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d064b4a5d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ietf/templates/wginfo/history.html
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+{% extends "wginfo/wg_base.html" %}
+{% load ietf_filters %}
+
+{% block wg_titledetail %}History{% endblock %}
+
+{% block wg_content %}
+{% load ietf_filters %}
+
+<h2>WG History</h2>
+
+<table class="ietf-table history">
+  <tr><th>Date</th><th>By</th><th>Text</th></tr>
+  {% for e in events %}
+  <tr class="{% cycle oddrow,evenrow %}">
+    <td>{{ e.time|date:"Y-m-d"}}</td>
+    <td>{{ e.by.name }}</td>
+    <td>{{ e.desc|format_history_text }}</td>
+  </tr>
+  {% endfor %}
+</table>
+{% endblock %}
+
+{% block content_end %}
+<script src="/js/history.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
+{% endblock %} 
diff --git a/ietf/templates/wginfo/wg_base.html b/ietf/templates/wginfo/wg_base.html
index 26dfea424..7fcb6788a 100644
--- a/ietf/templates/wginfo/wg_base.html
+++ b/ietf/templates/wginfo/wg_base.html
@@ -58,9 +58,10 @@ OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
 <h1>{{wg.group_acronym.name}} ({{wg.group_acronym.acronym}}){% if concluded %}<br/><span class="ietf-concluded-warning">(concluded WG)</span>{% endif %}{% if proposed %}<br/><span class="ietf-proposed-warning">(proposed WG)</span>{% endif %}</h1>
 
 <div class="ietf-navset">
-{% ifequal selected "documents" %}<span class="selected">Documents</span>{% else %}<a href="/wg/{{wg}}/">Documents</a>{% endifequal %} | 
-{% ifequal selected "charter" %}<span class="selected">Charter</span>{% else %}<a href="/wg/{{wg}}/charter/">Charter</a>{% endifequal %} | 
+{% ifequal selected "documents" %}<span class="selected">Documents</span>{% else %}<a href="{% url wginfo.views.wg_documents_html acronym=wg.group_acronym.acronym %}">Documents</a>{% endifequal %} |
+{% ifequal selected "charter" %}<span class="selected">Charter</span>{% else %}<a href="{% url wginfo.views.wg_charter acronym=wg.group_acronym.acronym %}">Charter</a>{% endifequal %} |
 {% wgchairs_admin_options wg %}
+<a {% if selected == "history" %}class="selected"{% else %}href="{% url wginfo.views.history acronym=wg.group_acronym.acronym %}"{% endif %}>History</a> |
 {% if wg.clean_email_archive|startswith:"http:" or wg.clean_email_archive|startswith:"ftp:" %}
 <a href="{{ wg.clean_email_archive }}">List Archive &#187;</a> | 
 {% endif %}
diff --git a/ietf/wgcharter/views.py b/ietf/wgcharter/views.py
index 92c32026a..b15a4c00f 100644
--- a/ietf/wgcharter/views.py
+++ b/ietf/wgcharter/views.py
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ def wg_main(request, name, rev, tab):
             "charter-ietf-"+str(gh.acronym)+"-"+str(ch.rev)+".txt", 
             os.path.join(file_path, "charter-ietf-"+gh.acronym+"-"+ch.rev+".txt"))
         active_ads = Person.objects.filter(email__role__name="ad", email__role__group__state="active").distinct()
-        started_process = datetime.datetime.min
+        started_process = datetime.min
         e = wg.charter.latest_event(type="started_iesg_process")
         if e:
             started_process = e.time
@@ -148,17 +148,6 @@ def wg_main(request, name, rev, tab):
 
 def _get_history(wg, versions=None):
     results = []
-    for e in wg.groupevent_set.all().select_related('by').order_by('-time', 'id'):
-        info = {}
-                    
-        charter_history = find_history_active_at(wg.charter, e.time)
-        info['version'] = charter_history.rev if charter_history else wg.charter.rev
-        info['text'] = e.desc
-        info['by'] = e.by.name
-        info['textSnippet'] = truncatewords_html(format_textarea(fill(info['text'], 80)), 25)
-        info['snipped'] = info['textSnippet'][-3:] == "..."
-        results.append({'comment':e, 'info':info, 'date':e.time, 'group': wg, 'is_com':True})
-
     for e in wg.charter.docevent_set.all().order_by('-time'):
         info = {}
         charter_history = find_history_active_at(wg.charter, e.time)
diff --git a/ietf/wginfo/urls.py b/ietf/wginfo/urls.py
index ce0663c26..62936669d 100644
--- a/ietf/wginfo/urls.py
+++ b/ietf/wginfo/urls.py
@@ -16,5 +16,6 @@ urlpatterns = patterns('',
      (r'^(?P<acronym>[a-zA-Z0-9-]+)/documents/txt/$', views.wg_documents_txt),
      (r'^(?P<acronym>[a-zA-Z0-9-]+)/$', views.wg_documents_html),
      (r'^(?P<acronym>[a-zA-Z0-9-]+)/charter/$', views.wg_charter),
+     (r'^(?P<acronym>[a-zA-Z0-9-]+)/history/', views.history),
      (r'^(?P<acronym>[^/]+)/management/', include('ietf.wgchairs.urls')),
 )
diff --git a/ietf/wginfo/views.py b/ietf/wginfo/views.py
index 46c253e19..a274b9b28 100644
--- a/ietf/wginfo/views.py
+++ b/ietf/wginfo/views.py
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ from ietf.idtracker.models import Area, IETFWG
 from ietf.idrfc.views_search import SearchForm, search_query
 from ietf.idrfc.idrfc_wrapper import IdRfcWrapper
 from ietf.ipr.models import IprDetail
+from redesign.group.models import Group
 
 
 def fill_in_charter_info(wg, include_drafts=False):
@@ -156,3 +157,22 @@ def wg_charter(request, acronym):
                                   RequestContext(request))
         
     return render_to_response('wginfo/wg_charter.html', {'wg': wg, 'concluded':concluded, 'proposed': proposed, 'selected':'charter'}, RequestContext(request))
+
+def get_wg_menu_context(wg, selected):
+    # it would probably be better to refactor this file into rendering
+    # the menu separately instead of each view having to include the information
+
+    return dict(wg=wg, concluded=wg.state_id == "conclude", proposed=wg.state_id == "proposed", selected=selected)
+
+def history(request, acronym):
+    wg = get_object_or_404(Group, acronym=acronym)
+
+    events = wg.groupevent_set.all().select_related('by').order_by('-time', '-id')
+
+    context = get_wg_menu_context(wg, "history")
+    context.update(dict(events=events,
+                        ))
+
+    wg.group_acronym = wg # hack for compatibility with old templates
+
+    return render_to_response('wginfo/history.html', context, RequestContext(request))
diff --git a/static/js/history.js b/static/js/history.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..843c8f79a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/static/js/history.js
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+jQuery(function () {
+    jQuery("table.history .snipped .showAll").click(function () {
+        jQuery(this).parents("snipped").hide().siblings("full").show();
+    });
+});