First Woman To Become a Doctor And More Good News In History For The Week January 23 to 29
January 23
First Woman To Become a Trained Doctor in 1849
In 1849 Elizabeth Blackwell became the first woman to receive a degree in medicine....
First Concorde Takes Off, Obama Becomes President And More Good News In History For The Week January 16 to 22
January 16
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf becomes the first female president of an African nation in 2006
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf became the president of Liberia in 2006,...
The Beatles Were Rejected For A Record Contract And More Good News in History For The Week January 1 to 7
January 1
Beatles rejected by Decca records on this day in 1962
The Beatles were invited to perform and record a demo at Decca Records...
The Longest Lasting Rainbow, First Human Heart Transplant Performed And More Good News in History For The Week November 28 to December 4
November 28
First Lady To Sit In The House of Commons, UK
Lady Astor became the first woman to sit in the House of Commons in...
Freddie Mercury Born, First Episode Of Star Trek Airs & More Good News in History For The Week September 5 to September 11
September 5
Freddie Mercury Born September 5 1946
Freddie Mercury was born on this day in 1946. The lead singer of British rock band Queen was...
Titanic Discovered On The Ocean Floor, Netflix Founded and More Good News in History For The Week August 29 To September 4
August 29
Copper Coins Are Minted In Japan For The First Time In 708CE
The first documented coinage that was used in Japan were copper coins...
Total Eclipse, T-Rex Skeleton Found & More Good News in History For The Week August 8-14
August 9
Leaning Tower Of Pisa Construction Started 1179
Construction started on the leaning tower of Pisa in 1179, there were many interruptions to its completion...
Oxygen Is Discovered,First Footage of White Giraffes & More Good News in History For The Week August 1-8
August 1
Oxygen Is Discovered in 1775
On August 1 1774 oxygen is discovered by chemist Joseph Priestley. He discovered the gas by heating red...
Insulin is isolated for the first time, NASA is created, & More Good News In History For The Week July 25 – 31
25 July 2018
Liquid lake found on Mars
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_t3e3wec1as
A liquid lake was found on Mars under its South Pole by European Space Agency's Mars Express...
Nelson Mandela Awarded, First Woman To Pilot A 747, And Central Park Gets The Green Light & More Good News In History For The...
July 18, 1984
Nelson Mandela is awarded the Joliot Curie Gold Medal for Peace
Just over a month after Nelson Mandela was jailed for life he...
July 11 to July 17: 165 year orbits, Aboriginal flag, Live Aid and more good news in history.
Throughout history there has always been something positive happening in the world. We're going back in time to look at some of the good...
July 4 to July 10: Huge hoard of gold and silver Anglo-Saxon artifacts found in England & more good news in history
There's always something positive happening in the world. We're going back in time to look at some of the good news in history for...
27 June- 2nd July: Stephen Hawking hosts a party for time travellers & more good news in history
27 June
First woman to complete round-the-world bike ride in 1894
On June 27 1894 Annie Londonderry set off on a round-the-world trip on her bicycle....
20-26 June: First woman to earn a PhD in America and other events in history
This week in history was significant for women. Three women become the first female Prime Ministers in their retrospective countries, and it was week...
Pioneer 10 – first human made object to leave the Milky Way- This week in history
The space probe Pioneer 10 becomes the first human made object to leave our solar system. Check out this story and more by reading...
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial is released this week in 1982
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial came out 40 years ago this week! Check out this story and more by reading below:
7th June
Prince is born in 1958
Prince...
Bon Jovi waives fee for concert in Spain in 2013
On 30 May 2013 Bon Jovi waived their concert fee for a gig in Madrid, Spain.
During 2013 Spain was going through a financial...
The first Star Wars movie was released on this day in 1977
Forty-five years ago today the first Star Wars movie was released by 20th century fox.
Star Wars Episode IV- A New Hope came out...
Hungarian stork gets a new beak
On May 19 2009 a stork was given a special delivery, it received a new beak. The stork had damaged its beak in an...
10 of the strangest animals
Let's face it, on a planet that has over 8.7 million species of animals, there are bound to be some strange ones. However, these...