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Good News in History, November 20
66 years Jim and Jane Henson established Muppets Inc. The company has produced many successful television series, including The Muppet Show, Fraggle Rock, and...
Good News in History, November 17
151 years ago today, the Rival cities of Buda and Pest put their differences aside and their names together to form Budapest—the capital of...
Good News in History, November 14
86 years ago today, the Lion's Gate Bridge opened in Vancouver. Crossing the Burrard Inlet, the total length of the bridge including the north...
Notre Dame Bells Ring Out for the First Time in 4 Years, Heralding its Upcoming Completion December 8th
From the Île de la Cité in Paris, out from the northern Belfry of the Notre Dame, the tolling of bells was heard by...
Good News in History, November 11
203 years ago today, Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky was born in Moscow. Numerous literary critics consider him the greatest novelist in all world history. Most...
Good News in History, November 10
101 years ago today, one of the most famous dogs in the world, Hachikō the Akita, was born in Ōdate. He is beloved, revered,...
Good News in History, November 9
48 years ago today, Gary Kasparov won his first Chess World Championship after overcoming his opponent Anatoly Karpov whom he faced inconclusively the year...
Good News in History, October 30
51 years ago today, the Bosphorus Bridge was completed, linking mainland Europe with Anatolia over the Bosporus Straits for the first time. It's a...
Good News in History, October 28
62 years ago today, the whole world breathed a sigh of relief as the Cuban Missile Crisis ended with Soviet Union leader Nikita Khrushchev...
Hoard of 1,000-yo Coins Unearthed in Farmer’s Field Nets Millions for Metal Detecting Friends–and Treasure for UK
The largest coin hoard ever found from the period of turmoil immediately following the Norman Conquest has been bought by the British government on...
Good News in History, October 25
23 years ago today, Microsoft released Windows XP, one of the most widely-used operating systems in the history of personal computing. Released to critical...
Good News in History, October 24
20 years ago today, Arsenal Football Club set an unbeaten record winning 49 matches in a row, the most ever in the English Premier...
Since 1968 French Teachers Have Come to Louisiana Classrooms to Preserve French Language Through Immersion
A program that has seen French language teachers working in American immersion schools in the state of Louisiana has been extended another 4 years.
Organized...
Good News in History, October 22
49 years ago today, Venera 9, the Soviet Union orbiter-lander spacecraft, became the first mission to enter orbit around Venus, and to return images...
Good News in History, October 21
41 years ago today, the meter was standardized to its current form, providing grounds for all the subsequent increments such as millimeters, centimeters, and...
Seven New Frog Species Were Named After Star Trek Captains: ‘To Boldly Croak’
Picture this: knee-deep in the stingy, bitey, steamy jungles of Madagascar, you and your research team discover 7 new species of frog—what do you...
True Peace Advocates Use their Hiroshima Memories to Win the Nobel Prize
Nihon Hidankyo, an organization of survivors from Nagasaki and Hiroshima, has won the Nobel Peace Prize for their fierce campaigning to end the threat...
Good News in History, October 7
On this day, 139 years ago, the Danish physicist Niels Bohr was born. In his long and distinguished career, he made foundational contributions to...
Good News in History, October 6
113 years ago today, Beatrix de Rijk became the first female licensed Dutch aircraft pilot. This pioneering aviator was born in Surabaya, modern-day Indonesia...
Mystery of Nazca Lines Deepens as AI Survey Doubles Number of Geoglyphs and Alters Their Meaning
It took nearly a century to locate the 430 geoglyphs hidden in the Nazca Desert of Peru, but archaeologists surveying almost the entire region...