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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...
Good News in History, August 8
39 years ago today, Nawal El Moutawakel, the Amazigh-Moroccan athlete, became the first Moroccan, and the first woman from a Muslim nation to win...
Good News in History, August 7
135 years ago today, American inventor Theophilus Van Kannel received a patent for his vision of a seamless and fluid way of entering and...
Good News in History, August 3
Happy 60th birthday to James Hetfield, the lead singer and rhythm guitarist of Metallica. The thrash metal kings have featured only 2 permanent members,...
Good News in History, August 2
11 years ago today, Michael Phelps won an unprecedented third consecutive Olympic gold medal in the 200-meter individual medley, his 16th gold medal in...
Good News in History, July 30
Happy 80th Birthday to the Jamaican ska and reggae musician, singer, and actor, Jimmy Cliff. After scoring his first hit at age 14, he...
Good News in History, July 18
102 years ago today, John Glenn, the American aviator, politician, and astronaut who became the third American in space, was born. The Ohio-born pilot...
Good News in History, July 13
100 years ago today, the HOLLYWOOD sign was officially dedicated in Los Angeles. At 44 feet tall (13.4 m), the sign was originally created...
Good News in History, June 23
136 years ago today, The Rocky Mountains Park Act passed Canadian parliament, establishing Banff National Park, the nation's largest and most famous park. It...
A Lost Dog Treks 150 Miles Across Alaskan Sea Ice Before He’s Reunited with His Family
Off the coast of the far-northern Alaskan town of Nome, and closer to Russia than the US, lies Saint Lawrence Island, where in a...
Dutch Woman Smashes a World Record Unbroken For 41 Years–While Her Home Audience Cheers
A 41-year-old world record in women's track and field stands no longer after a young Dutch speed demon smashed it in front of her...
Work Begins on Notre Dame’s New Spire—On Track for a December 2024 Reopening
Preparatory work began this week to restore the sharp spire atop the Cathedral of Notre Dame in Paris as the destroyed monument continues on...
Woman Who Hated Exercise Starts Lifting Weights to Help Combat Arthritis–And is Now a Regional Gold Medalist
A woman who hated exercise took up powerlifting to help combat her arthritis and is now slaying it as a commonwealth gold medalist in...
7-Year-Old Massiah Is Hero After Rescuing a Drowning 3-Year-Old – All on His Own
A 7-year-old from Sacramento was the unlikely savior of a 3-year-old toddler who would have certainly drowned without help.
Last week 7-year-old Massiah Browne went...
Notre Dame Cathedral Rises From the Ashes: Look at All They’ve Rebuilt Since the 2019 Blaze
When France hosts the 2024 Olympics, the plan is for Notre-Dame Cathedral to be restored to its former glory in time for the event.
A...
The Only Monkeys That Soak in Hot Springs to Lower Their Stress: Japan’s Bathing Monkey Mystery
Humans love spas, sauna bathing, hot baths; after a cold day what could be better? Japan has a famous troupe of wild monkeys that...