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    Good News in History, March 5

    977 years ago today, Nasir Khusraw departed from his house on a 7-year voyage around the Islamic World. The man was a poet, philosopher,...

    Good News in History, March 4

    133 years ago today, The Forth Bridge (not to be mistaken for the ‘fourth’ bridge) was opened for railway crossing over the Firth of...

    Good News in History, March 3

    100 years ago today, TIME magazine debuted having been founded by Briton Hadden and Henry R. Luce in New York City. TIME Europe is...

    Good News in History, March 2

    124 years ago today, President William McKinley signed into law a bill creating Mount Rainier National Park, the fifth in the nation, in order...

    Good News in History, March 1

    50 years ago today, Pink Floyd released The Dark Side of the Moon, the third most-sold album of all time, and a truly revolutionary piece of...

    Good News in History, February 28

    119 years ago today, SL Benfica was formed in the Portuguese capital. The most decorated and supported football club in the country, and the...

    Good News in History, February 27

    4 years ago today, the smallest baby boy ever born that would survive to leave the hospital went home in Tokyo with his mom,...

    Good News in History, February 26

    194 years ago today, Levi Strauss was born in what was then the Kingdom of Bavaria. Moving to Louisville Kentucky in the 1850s, and...

    Good News in History, February 25

    74 years ago today, the great Lebanese/French scholar and writer Amin Maalouf was born. His bibliography has been translated into over 40 languages worldwide...