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Good News in History, February 4

24 years ago today, World Cancer Day was initiated on February 4th after The World Summit Against Cancer for the New Millennium, Charter of...

Good News in History, January 26

100 years ago today, the first ever Olympic gold medal was won in a Winter sport. American speed skater Charles Jewtraw (right) won the...

Good News in History, January 24

66 years ago today, thermonuclear fusion, a process that replicates the way that stars form, was first carried out by James Tuck and Marshall...

Good News in History, December 12

121 years ago today, Theodor Mommsen received the Nobel Prize for Literature, with a special mention for A History of Rome, a history so well-researched, so...

First Fully-Electric MLS Soccer Stadium Being Built in New York City Could Transform the Whole Neighborhood

New York City Football Club (NYCFC) recently revealed their proposal for a new soccer stadium in Willets Point, Queens, that would be totally electric,...

Pipe Dreams Comes True For Top Tradesmen at the First National Plumbing Championship

On a mission to elevate the profile of plumbers, the first-ever Plumbing National Championship attracted the crème de la crème of American tradespeople to...

Good News in History, October 14

156 years ago today, Masaoka Shiki, considered one of Japan's four masters of haiku, was born. He wrote more than 20,000 stanzas of this...

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...

Good News in History September 19

1,937 years ago today Antoninus Pious, the fourth of the Five Good Emperors of Rome, was born. Keeping in mind that 'good' in this...

Good News in History, September 10

Happy 84th birthday to Roy Ayers, sometimes called the "Godfather of Neosoul," who pioneered a variety of off-mainstream jazz and funk genres with his...

Pole Vaulters Agree to Share Gold Medal in Unexpected Twist at High Stakes World Championship–WATCH

After matching each other in normal rounds, two Olympic pole vaulters continued to battle it out over three tiebreaker rounds to see who would...

Good News in History, September 4

Happy 61st 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, September 3

59 years ago today, the Wilderness Act was signed into law. Written by Howard Zahniser of The Wilderness Society, it has been used to...

Good News in History, August 21

Happy 35th birthday to Robert Lewandowski, the greatest Pole to ever kick a soccer ball. He is part of a small group of elite...

Good News in History, August 19

This daily column features all the good news, anniversaries and birthdays from this day in history—August 19.

Good News in History, August 17

Happy Birthday to Robert De Niro, who was born in New York City 80 years ago today. The actor has appeared in over 100...

Good News in History, August 15

838 years ago today, Queen Tamar of Georgia consecrated the holy cave monastery/city of Vardzia in the mountains of Erusheti on the left bank...

Good News in History, August 13

118 years ago today, the Norwegian people voted themselves out of the union with Sweden that they had been subjected to for centuries following...

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, August 9

101 years ago today, Philip Larkin, the English poet and novelist was born. A beloved if somewhat polarizing figure, his poetry has been described...