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Good News in History, June 29
223 years ago today, Frédéric Bastiat, the French economist and writer was born. He is known not only for pioneering some of the most...
Good News in History, June 28
Happy 53rd Birthday to entrepreneur Elon Musk. Through his ambition, sleepless work ethic, and engineering brilliance, Musk has undoubtedly transformed the world for the...
Good News in History, June 26
80 years ago today, the inspirational United Nations Charter was signed by 50 countries in San Francisco, a document that began with the following:...
Good News in History, June 24
25 years ago today and 5 years after that, Eric Clapton and his friends auctioned off over a hundred of their guitars through Christie's...
Videos of Fans Being Awesome Flood Social Media as High Stakes European Championship Matches Draw Crowds
In the U.S. where soccer takes a backseat to other sports, most stories about football fans in Europe make it across the Atlantic because...
Good News in History, June 21
Happy 80th Birthday to The Kinks co-founder and frontman Ray Davies. Regarded as one of the most influential British songwriters, Davies wrote the 1964...
Good News in History, June 18
Happy 82nd Birthday to Paul McCartney. The musician and composer renowned for his groundbreaking work with The Beatles has won 21 Grammy Awards and...
Lava Tubes and Water Frost Found on Mars Offer Double Opportunity in Search for Life
Reprinted with permission from World At Large, a news website of nature, politics, science, health, and travel.
Yet more evidence for liquid water on Mars has...
Good News in History, June 17
66 years ago today, Things Fall Apart, believed to be the most read, best-selling African novel ever written, was published. Nigerian author Chinua Achebe depicts...
Three Valencia Cemeteries to Play Host to Largest Urban Solar Farm in Spain
Another European city has taken up the idea of utilizing the space over its cemeteries for generating solar power, a project it calls Requiem...
Good News in History, June 13
69 years ago today, Alan Hansen, one of the greatest Scottish footballers of all time and one of the greatest defenders to ever play...
Good News in History, June 10
65 years ago today, one of the greatest football managers of modern times, Carlo Ancelotti, was born. With his calm demeanor, raised eyebrow, and...
Good News in History, June 9
Happy 63rd Birthday to Michael J. Fox, the Canadian actor who became famous for his appearances in Back to the Future, and for his...
Good News in History, June 4
35 years ago today, in the first modern elections in Poland, Lech Walesa's Solidarity Party of trade unionists won 160 out of 161 seats...
Meteorites From Mars Found on Earth Provide Unprecedented Insight into Red Planet
When a meteorite smashed into Mars eleven million years ago, pieces of the Red Planet hurtled into space—and some of them landed on Earth...
Good News in History, June 2
80 years ago today, composer Marvin Hamlisch, one of only two people to have ever won the Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony awards, along...
Good News in History, May 31
47 years ago today, the Trans-Alaska Pipeline (TAPS) one of the nation's largest, was completed. The 800-mile (1,287 km) long pipeline conveys oil from...
US Returns 600 Stolen Ancient Artifacts Worth $80 Million to Italy ‘Where it belongs’
US law enforcement and consular officials recently unveiled a massive trove of stolen art and antiquities worth around €80 million set to be repatriated...
Good News in History, May 30
49 years ago today, the European Space Agency was founded by ten member states: Belgium, Denmark, France, West Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain, Sweden,...
Good News in History, May 18
On this day 976 years ago, the astronomy and mathematician of the Seljuk Dynasty of Persia, Omar Khayyam, was born. Most famous for calculating...