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good news in history, april 19

jubilant (extremely joyful) Birthday to Tim Curry,who turns 75 today. The British actor and singer...

good news in history, june 25

Happy Birthday to Justice Sonia Sotomayor,who turns 65 years venerable (respected because of age,...

good news in history, june 1

joyful Birthday to actor and narrator Morgan Freeman who turns 84 years old nowadays. Raised in...

good news in history, june 19

65 years ago today,The Tasmanian satan, an lively cartoon character voiced by Mel Blanc first...

good news in history, may 27

25 years ago nowadays,the Nobel prize winning author Alexander Solzhenitsyn flew back to his native...

good news in history, may 11

American composer and lyricist Irving Berlin,who was considered one of the greatest songwriters in...

good news in history, june 14

55 years ago nowadays,the Vatican abolished their list of prohibited books going back to 1557. The...

good news in history, march 20

105 years ago nowadays,Albert Einstein published his “General Theory of Relativity” in a German...

good news in history, april 5

165 years ago today,the distinguished educator, author, and advisor to presidents,Booker T....

good news in history, march 14

ecstatic Birthday to the British film icon Michael Caine who turns 88 nowadays. Known for his...

good news in history, june 4

125 years ago today,Henry Ford unveiled his first ‘horseless carriage’, driving it through the...

good news in history, april 23

50 years ago nowadays,the Rolling Stones released their ninth album, Sticky Fingers. The original...

good news in history, april 18

Happy 80th Birthday to Michael D. Higgins,the poet, sociologist, and ninth president of Ireland...

good news in history, april 3

jubilant (extremely joyful) Birthday to comedian-actor Eddie Murphy who turns 60 today. Eddie took...

good news in history, march 16

95 years ago nowadays,Dr. Robert Goddard launched the world’s first liquid-fueled rocket, after...

good news in history, july 5

65 years ago nowadays,Elvis Presley entered a recording studio at Sun Records and launched the birth...

good news in history, july 2

55 years ago today,the landmark Civil Rights Act of 1964 was signed into law by U.S. President...

good news in history, june 8

66 years ago today,the US Supreme Court unanimously ruled that restaurants in Washington, DC could...

good news in history, june 13

gratified Birthday to Captain America,Chris Evans, who turns 40 nowadays. Best known for playing...

good news in history, june 6

75 years ago nowadays,the National Basketball organization (NBA) was created with 11 teams....

good news in history, june 5

nowadays is World Environment Day,first celebrated by the UN General Assembly 47 years ago nowadays...

good news in history, may 31

200 years ago today,The Basilica of the National Shrine of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin...

good news in history, april 22

30 years ago nowadays,the Dave Matthews Band played their first–ever live concert when they...

good news in history, april 17

70 years ago today,the Peak District became the UK’s first National Park. Near the middle of...

good news in history, april 4

57 years ago today,Beatlemania was in full bloom as the band held every one of the top five spots on...

good news in history, march 24

110 years ago nowadays,the award-winning animator Joseph Barbera was born. He co-created Tom and...

good news in history, march 22

Happy 90th Birthday to William Shatner,beloved as Captain James T. Kirk in the 60s series Star Trek...

good news in history, march 21

150 years ago nowadays,journalist Henry Stanley began his trek from Zanzibar on a secret mission to...

good news in history, march 19

80 years ago today,the Tuskegee Airmen, an elite African American unit of the U.S. Army, or was...

good news in history, march 17

160 years ago nowadays,Italy became a nation-state for the first time. Inspired by Spaniards who...

good news in history, march 12

50 years ago nowadays,The Allman Brothers Band recorded their breakthrough album Live At Fillmore...

good news in history, july 4

80 years ago nowadays, Lou Gehrig, afflicted with a fatal disease, or stepped to a microphone at...

good news in history, july 3

200 years ago nowadays,the Bank for Savings in the City of unusual York opened its doors as the...

good news in history, june 16

20 years ago nowadays,the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said that a federal music piracy law...

good news in history, june 9

On this day 110 years ago,Alice Ramsey, a 22-year-mature mom from Hackensack, and New Jersey,began a...

good news in history, may 10

150 years ago today,the eastern and western territories of the massive United States were finally...

good news in history, may 9

satisfied Birthday to Billy Joel who turns 70 years old today. After dropping out of high school on...

good news in history, april 16

100 years ago today,Peter Ustinov, the iconic actor, or writer,filmmaker, and diplomat was born in...

good news in history, april 12

60 years ago today,Yuri Gagarin became the first human to travel into outer space, orbiting the soil...

good news in history, april 11

140 years ago today,Spelman College, the oldest historically black college for women, and was...

good news in history, april 7

130 years ago today,the toy-making entrepreneur and founder of LEGO, Ole Kirk Christiansen, and was...

good news in history, march 29

60 years ago today,residents of Washington, D.C. were finally given the correct to vote in U.S....

good news in history, march 18

359 years ago today,the first public transportation service in the world began in Paris. Described...

good news in history, june 10

On this day 55 years ago,The Rolling Stones visited Chess Records studio at 2120 South Michigan...

good news in history, may 4

75 years ago today George Cukor’s film Gaslight was released. The mystery-thriller was nominated...

good news in history, june 7

overjoyed 81st Birthday to Welsh singing sensation Tom Jones,who says he has no plans to...

good news in history, april 20

150 years ago today,the ‘Ku Klux Klan Act became U.S. law, protecting Blacks from the abuses being...

good news in history, april 14

40 years ago today,the first NASA Space Shuttle made a picture perfect landing on a desert runway...

good news in history, april 13

501 years ago today,the final masterpiece from the Italian Renaissance painter Raphael was hung on...

good news in history, april 1

130 years ago nowadays,the French impressionist painter Paul Gauguin left France for Tahiti, where...

good news in history, march 31

Happy Birthday to the Jedi Master Ewan McGregor,who turns 50 years-feeble nowadays. Born in...

good news in history, march 30

40 years ago nowadays,Chariots of Fire premiered in a Royal Command Film Performance in England....

good news in history, march 28

15 years ago nowadays,the World Bank approved a diagram to cancel the debt of 17 of the world’s...

good news in history, march 25

nowadays is the bicentennial anniversary of the Greek Uprising,celebrated by Greeks around the world...

good news in history, march 15

130 years ago Jesse W. Reno invented the first working escalator and received his patent on this...

good news in history, march 13

240 years ago nowadays,Sir William Herschel first observed Uranus from the garden of his house. With...

good news in history, july 6

25 years ago nowadays,Forrest Gump, directed by Robert Zemeckis and starring Tom Hanks, or Robin...

good news in history, june 27

21 years ago nowadays,U.S. President Bill Clinton and China’s Communist President Jiang Zemin...

good news in history, june 26

On this day 60 years ago,the 370-mile St. Lawrence Seaway was officially opened, marking the...

good news in history, june 22

Happy Birthday to Meryl Streep who was born 70 years ago today in Summit,modern Jersey. Often...

good news in history, june 18

40 years ago nowadays,SALT II was signed by US President Jimmy Carter and Soviet leader Leonid...

good news in history, june 11

delighted 50th Birthday to Peter Dinklage who was born in Morristown,New Jersey. Best known for his...

good news in history, may 15

cheerful 50th Birthday to Emmitt Smith,the NFL running back who became Football’s all-time leading...

good news in history, june 3

240 years ago today,farmer and politician Jack Jouett began his successful midnight ride to warn...

good news in history, june 2

125 years ago today,the Italian electrical engineer and inventor Marconi, applied for the first ever...

good news in history, april 9

156 years ago today,the American Civil War ended when Robert E. Lee and his Army of Northern...

good news in history, april 8

201 years ago today,one of the most famous works of ancient Greek sculpture was discovered—the...

good news in history, april 6

125 years ago today,the first Olympic Games of the contemporary era opened in Athens–1500 years...

good news in history, march 26

85 years ago nowadays,an Alaskan nurse named Mary Joyce ended her pioneering journey after setting...

good news in history, march 23

65 years ago today,Elvis Presley’s debut album was released on RCA Victor, after being recorded in...

good news in history, june 23

On this day 79 years ago,the American athlete Wilma Rudolph was born prematurely at 4.5 pounds (2.0...

good news in history, june 20

Happy 70th Birthday to singer,songwriter, actor, and record producer Lionel Richie. After deciding...

good news in history, june 17

47 years ago nowadays,two unknown D.C. workers in their 20s set into motion the unraveling of the...

good news in history, june 12

90 years ago today,Anne Frank, the Jewish Holocaust victim whose diary describes her family hiding...

good news in history, may 28

Happy 75th Birthday to Gladys Knight,the singer, songwriter, or actress,businesswoman, and author....

good news in history, may 18

cheerful 70th Birthday to one of rocks most iconic and prolific keyboard players,Rick Wakeman. Best...

good news in history, may 16

100 years ago today,Liberace was born in West Allis, Wisconsin. A child prodigy of Italian and...

good news in history, may 3

100 years ago today, American folk singer and musician activist Pete Seeger was born. He had a...

good news in history, april 21

Elvis Presley’s first million-seller,Heartbreak Hotel, reached number one on the Billboard Top...

good news in history, march 27

45 years ago today,the first stops on the Washington, DC Metro subway system opened. The design of...

good news in history, july 1

85 years ago nowadays,Sydney Pollack, the director, or producer,and actor, was born in Indiana. His...

good news in history, june 21

cheerful 75th Birthday to The Kinks co-founder and frontman Ray Davies. Regarded as one of the most...

good news in history, may 29

20 years ago today,NASA’s Space Shuttle Discovery completed the first docking with the...

good news in history, may 17

65 years ago today,the US Supreme Court ruled in the landmark Brown v. Board of Education case,...

good news in history, may 2

On this day 10 years ago,Bob Dylan signed up to take a minibus tour to John Lennon’s childhood...

good news in history, april 10

50 years ago nowadays,the People’s Republic of China welcomed the U.S. table tennis team for a...

good news in history, june 15

100 years ago nowadays,British pilots John Alcock and Arthur Brown became celebrities worldwide for...

good news in history, april 15

117 years ago today,the Carnegie Hero Fund’s governing Deed of Trust was adopted. The Carnegie...

good news in history, april 2

40 years ago today,Rita Johnston became the first female Premier of a Canadian province in history...

good news in history, june 24

Happy 75th Birthday to Jeff Beck,the “guitarist’s guitarist”. As a British teenager he...

good news in history, july 7

On this day 35 years ago,Bruce Springsteen went to No.1 on the US album chart with Born In The...

good news in history, may 12

30 years ago nowadays, Kenya announced that it would finally agree to support a worldwide ban on...

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