Good News in History, January 3


WATCH a video below… (Click to enlarge photos – top by Adam Sharp-CC, 2006)
MORE Good News on this Date:
- The drinking straw was patented by Marvin Stone (1888)
- J.R.R. Tolkien, English poet, professor, and author of Lord of the Rings, was born (1892
- Turkey made peace with Armenia (1921)
- The March of Dimes charity to fight polio was started by Franklin Roosevelt (1938)
- National Hockey League great, Bobby Hull, was born–one of the greatest players of all time, nicknamed “the Golden Jet” for his speed and blonde hair (1939)
- Apple Computer was incorporated (1977)
- Aretha Franklin was first woman inducted into Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (1987)
- Moscow and the United States cut nuclear warhead stockpiles in half, as Presidents Bush and Yeltsin signed the START II Treaty (1993)
- China announced it would spend $27.7 Billion to fight erosion and pollution in the Yangtze and Yellow river valleys (1997)
- NASA’s Mars rover, Spirit, touched down on Mars (2004)
- A record number of women were sworn in as members of the 113th U.S. Congress with 80 new congresswomen joining 20 female senators — a record crop for both chambers (2013)
And, Happy 70th Birthday to John Paul Jones, rock bassist of Led Zeppelin, and co-songwriter of Stairway to Heaven.
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