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Good News in History September 17
Happy 80th Birthday to the greatest mountaineer of all time, Reinhold Messner. An Italian climber, explorer, and author from the German-speaking province of South...
Good News in History September 16
161 years ago today, Robert College, the first American educational institution outside the United States, was founded in Istanbul by American philanthropist Christopher Robert....
Good News in History, September 11
On this day across history, imperial aggression was resisted or rolled back by indigenous peoples in both the Battle of the Teutoberg Forest (9)...
Good News in History, September 5
A quarter millennium ago, the First Continental Congress was organized in Carpenter's Hall, Philadelphia, after the British Navy implemented a blockade of Boston Harbor...
Good News in History, September 1
Happy Birthday to the comedian and actress Lily Tomlin, who turns 85 years young today. She began as a standup comedian in her hometown...
Astronaut’s Jaw-dropping Photos of Powerful Aurora was Also Captured by Airplane Pilot From Another Angle
Two weeks ago, NOAA (the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) alerted the media of a huge geomagnetic solar storm that had begun on August...
Good News in History, August 20
Happy 89th birthday to the former Congressman from Texas, Dr. Ron Paul. Before serving three terms as representative of the 22nd and 14th Congressional...
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 16
49 years ago today, Australian Prime Minister Gough Whitlam symbolically handed over land to the Gurindji people after the eight-year Wave Hill walk-off, a...
Good News in History, August 12
174 years ago today, Issac Singer received his patent for the improved sewing machine, paving the way for his eventual invention to spread across...
Good News in History, July 16
20 years ago today, Millennium Park, Chicago, Illinois's first and most ambitious early 21st-century architectural project, is opened to the public by Mayor Richard...
Ancient Temple and Theater 3,500 years Older Than Machu Picchu Discovered in Peru
An ancient temple and theater has been identified in Peru as dating back 4,000 years, placing it among the oldest man-made structures in Peru.
Located...
Good News in History, July 11
88 years ago today, The RFK Bridge, also known as the Triborough Bridge, opened to traffic in New York City. Together, the series of...
Good News in History, July 10
6 years ago today, a group of teenage association football players and their teacher were successfully rescued after being stuck for over two weeks...
Eating Baby Carrots 3 Times a Week May Provide Significant Health Benefits
A new study found that eating a snack of baby carrots just three times a week significantly increased skin carotenoids in young adults. Levels...
Good News in History, July 6
67 years ago today, Althea Gibson won her first Wimbledon Women's Singles title, becoming the first African American to do so. The 1957 season...
Good News in History, July 2
101 years ago today, Wisława Szymborska was born in Poland. This poet, essayist, translator, and recipient of the 1996 Nobel Prize in Literature penned...
10 Major Metrics Show The American Recovery is Best in the World – And Still Improving
The global pandemic plunged the entire world into economic free fall and societal unrest. Since then, one notable country has emerged successfully to stabilize...
New Tech Revives ‘Unusable’ Organs–10 Successful Transplants Used Kidneys That Are Normally Discarded
New technologies are often referred to as life-changing, but that phrase quite literally describes the work that 34 Lives is doing for those awaiting...
Giant New Species of Dinosaur Named Loki-ceratops for Horns That Look Like the Norse God
A remarkable new genus of giant horned dinosaur has been unveiled at the Natural History Museum of Utah.
First discovered in the badlands of northern...