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Good News in History, November 17
150 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 15
6 years ago, Pakistani archeologists revealed to the world the finished excavations of the Bhamala Stupa, one of the oldest in the world, and...
Good News in History, October 29
100 years ago today, Turkey (Turkiye) declared itself an independent republic, signaling the end of the Ottoman Empire and the election of Mustapha Kemal...
Good News in History, October 17
20 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 September 29
142 years ago today, Ludwig von Mises, the most influential economist of the 20th century was born in Lemberg. Today, Mises is remembered not...
Good News in History September 26
40 years ago today, the lives of two Soviet cosmonauts, Gennady Strekalov and Vladimir Titov, were saved in the only use of an emergency...
Good News in History September 17
480 years ago today, the first book in the Finnish language was published. Called The Abckiria, or the "ABC Book" it taught Finnish peasants...
Good News in History September 12
92 years ago today, the English actor Sir Ian Holm was born. He became a successful actor with the Royal Shakespeare Company before launching...
Good News in History, August 26
On this day in 1949, jazz singer Leon Redbone was born in Nicosia, British Cyprus. As American as one might perceive Redbone as being...
Good News in History, August 12
173 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, August 10
120 years ago today, Anthony Pratt was born. Pratt's claim to fame was his conversion of the popular social party game Murder into a...
Good News in History, July 29
Happy 70th birthday to one of the greatest American documentarians, Ken Burns. His gargantuan resume of deep dives into uniquely American topics has stirred...
Good News in History, July 16
254 years ago, Father Junípero Serra, a Spanish missionary, found the Mission San Diego de Alcalá, the second such mission in The Californias. This...
Good News in History, June 29
222 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 18
100 years ago today, Checker Cab put its first taxi on the streets. Based in Chicago, The Checker, particularly the 1959 Checker sedans, became...
Good News in History, May 29
70 years ago today, New Zealander Edmund Hillary, and Nepalese Sherpa Tenzing Norgay, became the first to reach the summit of Mount Everest. The...
Good News in History, May 14
50 years ago today, Skylab was launched into orbit, the first and only space station to be entirely built and funded by the US....
Quarter-Million Pounds of Plastic Cleared From Great Pacific Garbage Patch in Dutch Milestone
Last year, wiz kid Boyan Slat announced that "The Great Pacific Garbage Patch can now be cleaned," after a prototype cleaning system proved successful.
Since...
Plants Have Been Grown in Lunar Soil For The First Time Ever
Food has been grown in soil collected from the moon for the first time, paving the way for human migration across the solar system.
Pioneers...
Glimpse of God? The Hubble Telescope’s 12 Best Photos on the 30th Anniversary of its Launch into Orbit
On the 30th anniversary of the launch of the Hubble space telescope, enjoy our favorite 12 remarkable photos of nebulae and the Universe.