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HTML

<div id="list">
  <ul>
    <li>
      <a href="#">Some link</a>
    </li>
  </ul>

</div>

<div id="selector">

</div>

JavaScript

$("#list li a").on('click', function() {
  var val = $(this).html();
  $("#selector").html(val);
  localStorage.setItem("currentlist", val); //add to localStorage
});

$(document).ready(function() {
  var name = localStorage.getItem("currentlist"); //get from localStorage
  $("#selector").html(name); //assign here
});