This Day In History Archives - Good News Network https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/category/dayscat/ A Daily Dose of Positive News to Enthuse Sat, 16 Dec 2023 07:16:45 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/cropped-GNN-Logo-Circles-2017-1-32x32.png This Day In History Archives - Good News Network https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/category/dayscat/ 32 32 120051390 Good News in History, December 16 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/events061216/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/events061216/#respond Sat, 16 Dec 2023 08:00:00 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/events061216/ A quarter millennium ago today, members of the Sons of Liberty disguised as Mohawk Indians stole aboard trade ships in Boston harbor and began throwing tea shipments into the water in protest of tea taxes on the Colony. The precise details were the passage of the Tea Act in British parliament, which the colonists believed […]

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/events061216/feed/ 0 2307 Good News in History, December 15 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/events061215/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/events061215/#respond Fri, 15 Dec 2023 08:00:00 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/events061215/ 10 years ago today, China became the third nation to land a rover on the moon with their Chang’e-3 orbiter and rover. The soft landing it achieved was the first on the moon since the Soviets in 1976. Landing in a molten crater called Sinus Ilium, it was to carry out some surveying and geology, […]

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/events061215/feed/ 0 2305 Good News in History, December 14 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/events061214/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/events061214/#respond Thu, 14 Dec 2023 08:00:00 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/events061214/ On this day 85 years ago, the commission for Major League Baseball met to establish some rules and agreed on the weight and dimensions of the standard baseball. It was to be 9 to 9.25 inches (229 to 235 mm) in circumference, with a weight of 5 to 5.25 ounces (0.142 to 0.149 kg), and […]

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/events061214/feed/ 0 2298 Good News in History, December 13 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/events061213/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/events061213/#comments Wed, 13 Dec 2023 08:00:00 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/events061213/ 668 years ago, the Moroccan traveler, writer, pilgrim, and jack of all social trades, Ibn Battuta, completed his monumental travelog, often shortened to “The Travels,“ detailing a span of time from the moment he left his home in Morocco and didn’t return to settle down for nigh on three decades. He traveled 79,000 miles of […]

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/events061213/feed/ 9 2294 Good News in History, December 12 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/events061212/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/events061212/#comments Tue, 12 Dec 2023 08:00:00 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/events061212/ 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 precise, measured, and yet also expansive in its scope, that it remains critical to contemporary historical research today even 170 years after its publication. READ what Mark Twain had to say of […]

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/events061212/feed/ 3 2286 Good News in History, December 11 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/events061211/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/events061211/#comments Mon, 11 Dec 2023 08:00:00 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/events061211/ 4 years ago today, the residents of Bougainville, an autonomous region in Papua New Guinea, voted in a 98% majority for independence of their small island region. Unlike the Tigray independence movement in Ethiopia which just a few months later sparked a terrible civil war, the government of Papua New Guinea described the result as […]

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/events061211/feed/ 3 2275 Good News in History, December 10 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/events061210/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/events061210/#comments Sun, 10 Dec 2023 08:00:00 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/events061210/ 199 years ago today, the Reverend Minister George MacDonald was born in Aberdeenshire. A pious and valued member of his community, MacDonald achieved a state of prominence for his fantasy fiction writing and fairy tales which inspired some of the most well-known writers of the 189th and 20th centuries, including Lewis Carrol, Charles Dickens, Aldous […]

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/events061210/feed/ 2 2269 Good News in History, December 9 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/events061209/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/events061209/#comments Sat, 09 Dec 2023 08:00:00 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/events061209/ 140 years ago today, Joseph Pilates, the German-American physical trainer who leant his last name to one of the most popular forms of exercise in the West was born. Pilates came to believe that the “modern” lifestyle, bad posture, and inefficient breathing lay at the roots of poor health. He ultimately devised a series of […]

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/events061209/feed/ 6 2261 Good News in History, December 8 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/events061208/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/events061208/#respond Fri, 08 Dec 2023 08:00:00 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/events061208/ 100 years ago today, a sign was erected in the California hills advertising a new housing project called “Hollywoodland.” Real estate developers Woodruff and Shoults advertised it as a “superb environment without excessive cost on the Hollywood side of the hills.” Not only were, the lights eventually turned off because they became too expensive, but […]

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/events061208/feed/ 0 2252 Good News in History, December 7 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/events061207/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/events061207/#comments Thu, 07 Dec 2023 08:00:00 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/events061207/ 425 years ago today, Gian Lorenzo Bernini was born. This Italian master sculptor and architect created the Baroque style, one of the four great European architectural styles. Praised by lords, celebrated by peers, patronized by Popes and cardinals, and hailed as the next Michelangelo and as the equal to Shakespeare in contribution to his art, […]

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/events061207/feed/ 2 2249 Good News in History, December 6 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/events061206/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/events061206/#comments Wed, 06 Dec 2023 08:00:00 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/events061206/ 111 years ago today, the bust of Nefertiti was discovered in the workshop of the sculptor Thutmose’s workshop by German archaeologists. It has become one of the most widely-reproduced images of ancient Egypt, and the woman depicted an icon of feminine beauty. She may have been co-ruler along with her husband Akhenaten, but she was […]

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/events061206/feed/ 2 2246 Good News in History, December 5 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/events061205/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/events061205/#comments Tue, 05 Dec 2023 08:00:00 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/events061205/ 144 years ago today, Clyde Cessna was born. Founding the Cessna Aircraft Company in the 1920s, the company was one of the highest-volume and most diverse producers of general aviation aircraft in the world during the 20th century. Cessna’s interest in aviation began in 1910 after witnessing an aerial exhibition in his home state of […]

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/events061205/feed/ 3 2240 Good News in History, December 4 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/events061204/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/events061204/#respond Mon, 04 Dec 2023 08:00:00 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/events061204/ 128 years ago today, Feng Youlan was born. This Chinese academic and philosopher was instrumental in reintroducing the Chinese classics of philosophy to the world. Critically for this form of Intangible World Heritage, as UNESCO describes it, he did so during a time of enormous upheavel, stretching from the fall of the imperial Qing Dynasty […]

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/events061204/feed/ 0 2238 Good News in History, December 3 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/events131202/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/events131202/#comments Sun, 03 Dec 2023 08:00:33 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/events131202/ 31 years ago today, engineers at the Sema Group used the Vodaphone network and a computer to send the world’s first SMS. It revolutionized mobile communications, allowing for not only short exchanges between friends, family, and coworkers, but for security checks, donation drives, and marketing programs all to take place with minimal effort from employees […]

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/events131202/feed/ 1 21012 Good News in History, December 2 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/events061202/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/events061202/#respond Sat, 02 Dec 2023 08:00:00 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/events061202/ Happy 40th Birthday to Aaron Rodgers, the sensational NFL QB best known for his consistency, accuracy, and completions in the end zone. Playing almost his entire career with the Green Bay Packers, Rodgers led all NFL quarterbacks in touchdown-to-interception ratio with the lowest passing interception percentage for six seasons, and led four seasons in touchdown […]

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/events061202/feed/ 0 2231 Good News in History, December 1 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/events061201/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/events061201/#respond Fri, 01 Dec 2023 08:00:00 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/events061201/ 104 years ago today, the Right Honorable Viscountess Astor, Nancy Astor, became the first woman elected to the Parliament of Great Britain. Born and raised in Virginia, USA, she would eventually marry another American-born Englishman, Waldorf Astor, in 1906 and follow his path into politics. Winning the seat for Plymouth-Sutton, she entered the House of […]

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/events061201/feed/ 0 2227 Good News in History, November 30 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/events061130/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/events061130/#comments Thu, 30 Nov 2023 08:00:00 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/events061130/ 237 years ago today is celebrated as the first known date of the abolition of the death penalty in a Western nation-state. Commemorated today as Cities for Life Day, the decision came in the realm of Grand Duke Leopold II of Tuscany. Pietro Leopoldo would later become Leopold II, the Holy Roman Emperor. READ how he […]

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/events061130/feed/ 1 2218 Good News in History, November 29 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/events061129/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/events061129/#respond Wed, 29 Nov 2023 08:00:00 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/events061129/ Happy 50th Birthday to Ryan Giggs, the Welsh winger for Manchester United who was considered an icon of his generation. Affectionately called “Giggsy,” Giggs played his entire professional career for Manchester United, with 963 appearances and 168 goals. Breaking onto the scene at Old Trafford, he won Young Player of the Year twice, still the […]

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/events061129/feed/ 0 2212 Good News in History, November 28 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/events061128/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/events061128/#comments Tue, 28 Nov 2023 08:00:00 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/events061128/ Happy 80th Birthday to singer-songwriter and composer Randy Newman. Best known for his distinctive voice and film scores for 8 Pixar films—as well as Ragtime, Meet the Parents, and The Natural—he was hailed as the greatest songwriter alive by Paul McCartney. His singles included, ‘Short People’, ‘I Love L.A.’,  ‘Feels Like Home’ (Bonnie Raitt), and […]

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/events061128/feed/ 3 2204 Good News in History, November 27 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/events061127/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/events061127/#comments Mon, 27 Nov 2023 08:00:00 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/events061127/ On the day in 1960 and 1961, NHL legend Gordie Howe set two monumental milestones, becoming the first player to score 1,000 points, and a year later becoming the first player to play 1,000 games. Howe is referred to as Mr. Hockey, Mr. Everything, Mr. All-Star, The Most, The Great Gordie, The King of Hockey, […]

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/events061127/feed/ 3 2198 Good News in History, November 26 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/events061125-2/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/events061125-2/#respond Sun, 26 Nov 2023 08:00:00 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/events061125-2/ 12 years ago today, the Mars Science Laboratory launched from Earth carrying the Curiosity Rover with the objectives including the investigation of Mars’ habitability, studying its climate and geology, and collecting data for a human mission to Mars. Curiosity is about twice as long and five times as heavy as previous Martian rovers Spirit and […]

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/events061125-2/feed/ 0 2189 Good News in History, November 25 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/events061125/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/events061125/#respond Sat, 25 Nov 2023 08:00:00 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/events061125/ 43 years ago today, “Sugar” Ray Leonard reclaimed his WBC Welterweight world championship in New Orleans after a masterful display that famously, infamously, left his opponent Roberto Durán in such a state that he said to the referee “No mas.” Constantly moving, employing footwork and a devastating jab, Leonard outworked his opponent who either threw […]

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/events061125/feed/ 0 2184 Good News in History, November 24 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/events061124/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/events061124/#comments Fri, 24 Nov 2023 08:00:00 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/events061124/ On this day, 159 years ago, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec was born. As a post-impressionist, Toulouse-Lautrec observed and documented with great psychological insight the personalities and facets of Parisian nightlife and the French world of entertainment in the 1890s, and brought to life the worlds of Moulin Rogue. READ about his work… (1864) Henri must have been a […]

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/events061124/feed/ 4 2179 Good News in History, November 23 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/events061123/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/events061123/#comments Thu, 23 Nov 2023 08:00:00 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/events061123/ 60 years ago today, the very first episode of Doctor Who was broadcast on the BBC. An Unearthly Child, starring William Hartnell, is set amid a power struggle between warring Stone Age factions who have lost the secret of making fire after the original “companions” Ian and Barbara, find the Doctor’s time-traveling spaceship in a London junkyard. READ […]

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/events061123/feed/ 2 2175 Good News in History, November 22 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/events061122/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/events061122/#respond Wed, 22 Nov 2023 08:00:00 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/events061122/ 58 years ago today Miss Goodall and the Wild Chimpanzees, a National Geographic film special, premiered on CBS and brought the young primate ethnologist Jane Goodall international acclaim for her work in Tanzania. It transformed our understanding of our closest relative as no piece of media had ever done before. READ a bit more, or watch […]

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/events061122/feed/ 0 2169 Good News in History, November 21 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/events061121/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/events061121/#respond Tue, 21 Nov 2023 08:00:00 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/events061121/ This daily column features all the good news, anniversaries and birthdays from this day in history—November 21.

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/events061121/feed/ 0 2171 Good News in History, November 20 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/events061120/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/events061120/#respond Mon, 20 Nov 2023 08:00:00 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/events061120/ 65 years Jim and Jane Henson established Muppets Inc. The company has produced many successful television series, including The Muppet Show, Fraggle Rock, and Bear in the Big Blue House; as well, the company designed the Muppet characters for Sesame Street. Their beloved characters like Kermit the Frog, Fozzie Bear, Ms. Piggy, and the Great Gonzo […]

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/events061120/feed/ 0 2163 Good News in History, November 19 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/events061119/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/events061119/#comments Sun, 19 Nov 2023 08:00:00 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/events061119/ 24 years ago today, China successfully launched its Shenzhou spacecraft into orbit. The first Chinese craft designed to eventually carry humans made an 89-minute flight over 300 kilometers from the Earth’s surface, reportedly carrying 100 pounds or more of seeds to study the effect of spacefaring on their biology. From this humble ball of metal […]

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/events061119/feed/ 1 2155 Good News in History, November 18 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/events061118/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/events061118/#comments Sat, 18 Nov 2023 08:00:00 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/events061118/ Happy 48th birthday to David “Big Papi” Ortiz. The Dominican-American slugger spent nearly his whole career at the Boston Red Sox where he played a key role in breaking the 86-year World Series drought. He was elected into the MLB Hall of Fame in 2022, at the first year of his eligibility. READ some of […]

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/events061118/feed/ 1 2148 Good News in History, November 17 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/events061117/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/events061117/#respond Fri, 17 Nov 2023 08:00:00 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/events061117/ 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 Hungary still to this day. Divided by the Danube, the two cities were very different despite their proximity. The residents of Pest, on the eastern bank, were primarily Hungarian, while the […]

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/events061117/feed/ 0 2146 Good News in History, November 16 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/events061116/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/events061116/#comments Thu, 16 Nov 2023 08:00:00 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/events061116/ 66 years ago today, Hall of Famer Bill Russell registered the single-game record for most rebounds with 49 as the Boston Celtics beat the Philidelphia Warriors 111-89 at Boston Gardens. It was Russell’s second season with the Celtics, after starting the previous one in a dynasty featuring 5 future Hall of Famers. Against the Warriors […]

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/events061116/feed/ 3 2140 Good News in History, November 15 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/events061115/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/events061115/#respond Wed, 15 Nov 2023 08:00:00 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/events061115/ 6 years ago, Pakistani archeologists revealed to the world the finished excavations of the Bhamala Stupa, one of the oldest in the world, and a monumental work of the Buddhist faith that contains a depiction of Buddha sometimes described as “sleeping,” but he’s actually in Samadhi. The site has received UNESCO World Heritage status, and […]

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/events061115/feed/ 0 2129 Good News in History, November 14 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/events061114/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/events061114/#comments Tue, 14 Nov 2023 08:00:00 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/events061114/ 85 years ago today, the Lion’s Gate Bridge opened in Vancouver. Crossing the Burrard Inlet, the total length of the bridge including the north viaduct is 5,981 feet (1,823 meters), with the length of the main span alone exceeding 1,500 feet. It forms part of Highways 1A and 99, and total traffic averages 60,000 cars […]

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/events061114/feed/ 2 2119 Good News in History, November 13 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/events061113/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/events061113/#respond Mon, 13 Nov 2023 08:00:00 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/events061113/ 96 years ago today, the Holland Tunnel opened connecting New York and New Jersey under the Hudson River. Consisting of two tubes and made a series of cast iron and steel rings bound with 19 inches of concrete running over 8,000 feet in length, it was designed by Clifford Milburn Holland, the project’s chief engineer, […]

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/events061113/feed/ 0 2112 Good News in History, November 12 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/events061112/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/events061112/#comments Sun, 12 Nov 2023 08:00:00 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/events061112/ Happy 70th birthday to Baaba Maal, the Senegalese singer and guitarist, who is one of the most important musical exports from the country. Pop culture knows of Maal likely through his provision of the music for Marvel’s Black Panther, but Maal has worked with artists as varied as Mumford & Sons, Taj Mahal, and Peter […]

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/events061112/feed/ 3 2103 Good News in History, November 11 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/events061111/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/events061111/#comments Sat, 11 Nov 2023 08:00:00 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/events061111/ 202 years ago today, Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky was born in Moscow. Numerous literary critics consider him the greatest novelist in all world history. Most of his major works are considered masterpieces, and are given out to students in literature classes all around the world. Dostoevsky’s books have been translated into more than 170 languages, and […]

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/events061111/feed/ 5 2101 Good News in History, November 10 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/events061110/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/events061110/#respond Fri, 10 Nov 2023 08:00:00 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/events061110/ 100 years ago today, one of the most famous dogs in the world, Hachikō the Akita, was born in Ōdate. He is beloved, revered, and looked at in amazement for his remarkable loyalty to his owner, Hidesaburō Ueno, for whom he continued to wait at the Shibuya Station where they would go home together nine […]

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/events061110/feed/ 0 2097 Good News in History, November 9 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/events061109/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/events061109/#comments Thu, 09 Nov 2023 08:00:00 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/events061109/ 47 years ago today, Gary Kasparov won his first Chess World Championship after overcoming his opponent Anatoly Karpov whom he faced inconclusively the year before in what was and still is the only world championship ever abandoned without a result. Kasparov secured the world crown in Moscow by a score of 13–11 making him the […]

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/events061109/feed/ 3 2093 Good News in History, November 8 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/events061108/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/events061108/#respond Wed, 08 Nov 2023 08:00:00 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/events061108/ 732 years ago today, the Republic of Venice passed a law confining the city’s growing glassmaking industry to the island of Murano, giving birth to the tradition of Murano glass, one of the city’s most iconic characteristics. In the following century, exports began, and the island became famous, initially for glass beads and mirrors. Aventurine […]

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/events061108/feed/ 0 2085 Good News in History, November 7 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/events061107/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/events061107/#comments Tue, 07 Nov 2023 08:00:00 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/events061107/ 120 years ago today, Konrad Lorenz, the father of modern ethnology and Nobel laureate, was born in Vienna. In 2002, he was ranked as the 65th most-cited scholar of the 20th century, largely because of his work on several foundational behavior patterns in animals, particularly birds. While he held membership in the Nazi party, his […]

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/events061107/feed/ 3 2079 Good News in History, November 6 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/events061106/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/events061106/#respond Mon, 06 Nov 2023 08:00:00 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/events061106/ 806 years ago today, the Charter of the Forest was signed in England by King Henry III. This law document is sometimes described as the sister of the Magna Carta, and granted rights of free men to use the forests of England once reserved for King William I and his descendants. Many today learn from […]

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/events061106/feed/ 0 2076 Good News in History, November 5 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/events061105/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/events061105/#respond Sun, 05 Nov 2023 08:00:00 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/events061105/ 67 years ago today, The Nat King Cole Show debuted on NBC. It was the first variety program ever hosted by an African American. Starting at just 15 minutes, the program was eventually extended to 30 minutes. Unlike today’s similar programs, and perhaps unsurprisingly given Cole’s fantastic singing voice, the program mainly featured musical performances, […]

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/events061105/feed/ 0 2070 Good News in History, November 4 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/events061104/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/events061104/#comments Sat, 04 Nov 2023 07:00:00 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/events061104/ 286 years ago today, the Teatro di San Carlo was inaugurated in the city of Naples with the opera Achille in Sciro. It is the oldest continuously working opera house in the world, and a beautiful piece of architectural history adjacent to the Palace of the Borboni and the Piazza Plebiscito. READ more about this storied building… (1737) Built […]

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/events061104/feed/ 3 2065 Good News in History, November 3 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/events061103/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/events061103/#respond Fri, 03 Nov 2023 07:00:00 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/events061103/ 118 years ago today, the prolific African-American painter Lois Mailou Jones was born. With her best works exhibited in a half-dozen fine arts museums across the US, including the Met and Smithsonian, she brought the color and flavor of Africa and the Caribbean to the world through her extensive personal traveling. Prolific at the canvas, […]

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/events061103/feed/ 0 2059 Good News in History, November 2 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/events061102/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/events061102/#respond Thu, 02 Nov 2023 07:00:00 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/events061102/ This daily column features all the good news, anniversaries and birthdays from this day in history—November 2.

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/events061102/feed/ 0 2051 Good News in History, November 1 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/events061101/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/events061101/#comments Wed, 01 Nov 2023 07:00:00 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/events061101/ 67 years ago today, the Indian government passed the States Reorganization Act, something the British really should have done themselves, which redivided large swaths of India according to the common language spoken. The image below illustrates the difference. The major changes included the creation of Assam and Kerala states, and Andhra Pradesh being formed by […]

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/events061101/feed/ 2 2044 Good News in History, October 31 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/events061031/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/events061031/#respond Tue, 31 Oct 2023 07:00:00 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/events061031/ On this day, 73 years ago, the British-Iraqi architect Zaha Hadid was born. Described as the “Queen of Curves,” who “liberated architectural geometry, giving it a whole new expressive identity,” Hadid was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II for her contributions to world architecture. The firm she founded in London, Zaha Hadid Architects, continues to innovate […]

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/events061031/feed/ 0 2035 Good News in History, October 30 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/events061030/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/events061030/#comments Mon, 30 Oct 2023 07:00:00 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/events061030/ 50 years ago today, the Bosphorus Bridge was completed, linking mainland Europe with Anatolia over the Bosporus Straits for the first time. It’s a gravity-anchored suspension bridge with steel towers and inclined hangers, and upon its completion was the 4th longest suspension bridge in the world. READ more… (1973) The idea of a bridge crossing the […]

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/events061030/feed/ 1 2031 Good News in History, October 29 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/events061029/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/events061029/#comments Sun, 29 Oct 2023 07:00:00 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/events061029/ 100 years ago today, Turkey (Turkiye) declared itself an independent republic, signaling the end of the Ottoman Empire and the election of Mustapha Kemal Ataturk as the nation’s first democratically-elected president. Believing that the lack of independence in any area for his new nation was the lack of independence in all areas, Ataturk commenced a […]

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/events061029/feed/ 1 2015 Good News in History, October 28 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/events061028/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/events061028/#comments Sat, 28 Oct 2023 07:00:00 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/events061028/ 61 years ago today, the whole world breathed a sigh of relief as the Cuban Missile Crisis ended with Soviet Union leader Nikita Khrushchev agreeing to dismantle his missiles in Cuba in exchange for Kennedy’s promise to remove NATO missiles from Turkey and Italy. With the current risk of nuclear war in Ukraine, it’s important […]

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