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Good News in History, October 17
21 years ago, the pinnacle was secured in place on the Taipei 101 making it the highest building on Earth, surpassing the Petronas Twins...
Good News in History, October 8
On this day in 1945, the microwave oven was patented by Percy Spencer. The self-taught engineer from Howland, Maine, employed by Raytheon at the...
Hero Passenger Lands Plane After Her Pilot Suffers Cardiac Arrest
Picture it: you're happily sitting aboard a plane and the pilot falls over unconscious.
It's the stuff of nightmares and Hollywood movies, but for one...
Good News in History, October 4
200 years ago today, a new federalist constitution was signed inaugurating the First Mexican Republic. A drafting committee consisting of several representative figures led...
Good News in History, October 1
Happy Birthday to former President Jimmy Carter who turns 100 years old today. The 39th president of the United States from 1977–1981, is one...
Good News in History September 13
77 years ago today, T-Bone Walker recorded his great hit, which after dozens of renditions by famous bluesmen and musicians from Eric Clapton to...
Remembering James Earl Jones – The Voice of Millennials’ Childhood and Titan of the Theater
The most unmistakable voice in Hollywood, James Earl Jones, recently passed away in his home at the age of 93.
For the children of the...
After 9 Years of Work, Chumash Tribe Finally Seals Protection of CA Marine Reserve Bigger Than Yosemite
A California tribe has become the first indigenous group in the Lower 48 to be named co-stewards over a National Marine Sanctuary.
Extending out into...
Good News in History, September 7
Happy 94th Birthday to Walter Sonny Rollins was born. Widely recognized as one of the most important and influential jazz musicians, Rollins' seven-decade career...
Good News in History, September 4
Happy 62nd birthday to the Japanese Nobel laureate, Sinya Yamanaka, whose pioneering work in the science of stem cells led him to identify the...
Good News in History, August 29
On this day, 77 years ago, Dr. Bhimrao R. Ambedkar was appointed to chair the Indian constitutional drafting committee. This national hero is responsible...
Good News in History, August 28
116 years ago today, Roger Tory Peterson, the inventor of the modern field guide, was born. The American naturalist, ornithologist, artist, and educator published...
Good News in History, August 27
Happy 85th Birthday to Osage-American travel writer William Least Heat-Moon. His debut novel, Blue Highways, (1982) is a chronicle of a three-month-long road trip...
Good News in History, August 23
Happy 73rd Birthday to DC's own Lisa Halaby, famously known to the world as Queen Noor of Jordan. The second-generation Washingtonian married King Hussein...
Good News in History, August 18
86 years ago today, the Thousand Islands Bridge connecting the US with Canada over the Saint Lawrence Seaway was dedicated by F.D. Roosevelt. The...
Good News in History, August 15
Today is Ferragosto, one of the most important public holidays on the Italian calendar. It is a unique institution, in which working people, typically...
Good News in History, August 14
87 years ago today, the National Scenic Trail known as the Appalachian Trail was completed by the Appalachian Trail Conservancy. Claimed to be the...
Good News in History, August 3
221 years ago today, Sir Joseph Paxton was born. A legend in the annals of British society, he achieved his fame with two completely...
Good News in History, July 31
86 years ago today, a pair of remarkable treasures were uncovered in the palace called Apadana, in the ruins of the Persian capital of...
Good News in History, July 17
69 years ago today, Disneyland was dedicated and opened in Anaheim, California. It is the most visited theme park in world history with 757...