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    Good News in History, February 24

    55 years ago today, British astronomers discovered a radio signal in their new telescope outside Cambridge that turned out to be the first pulsar....

    Good News in History, February 23

    137 years ago today, an American inventor used electrolysis to extract aluminum from aluminum oxide, a process that eventually resulted in reducing the price...

    Good News in History, February 22

    74 years ago today, Andreas Nikolaus Lauda, the famous 3x Formula One World Driver’s champion, was born in Vienna. He’s best known for his...

    Good News in History, February 21

    75 years ago today, the National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing, LLC (NASCAR) was established in Daytona Beach, Florida. The American racing circuit...

    Good News in History, February 20

    146 years ago today, Swan Lake premiered at Moscow’s Bolshoi Theater. Russian composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky wrote the music for this most famous of...

    Good News in History, February 19

    75 years ago today, the first Bollingen Prize for Poetry was awarded by Yale University to Ezra Pound. The University of Virginia describes the...

    Good News in History, February 17

    60 years ago today, Michael Jordan was born. His biography on the official National Basketball Association (NBA) website states “by acclamation, Michael Jordan is...

    Good News in History, February 18

    80 years ago today, Sir Bobby Robson was born. Over a managerial career that spanned nearly 40 years and included title-winning tenures in Portugal,...

    Good News in History, February 16

    100 years ago today, British archaeologist Howard Carter unsealed the inner burial chamber of Tutenkhamon’s tomb and found his sarcophagus. The tomb was discovered...