US Post Office Honors Alex Trebek With New Stamps That Look Like Jeopardy Questions
nnFamous Alexes for $200: This naturalized US citizen hosted the quiz show Jeopardy! for 37 seasons.nnAlex Trebek has been honored with a sheet of memorial stamps from the US Postal Service looking like the question board on the show he indeed hosted for 37 seasons.nnAnnouncing to the nation in 2019 a pancreatic cancer diagnosis, and […]
Botanists Vote to Remove Apartheid Slur from Plant Species Names in Africa
nnOver 200 plants will have their species name changed to remove an offensive South African apartheid-era racial slur after the results of a vote from the International Botanical Congress.nnIn a thoroughly debated session in the recent meeting in Madrid, the vote passed 351 to 205 to rename all current botanical species with the species name […]
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John Lewis receiving the Medal of Freedom in 2011
“History is a vast early warning system.” – Norman Cousins
Quote of the Day: “History is a vast early warning system.” – Norman CousinsnnPhoto by: Alvis TaurēnsnnWith a new inspirational quote every day, atop the perfect photo—collected and archived on our Quote of the Day page—why not bookmark GNN.org for a daily uplift?nn
Good News in History, July 26
6 years ago today, Civil Rights leader and Congressman John Lewis’ body was carried across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma with a military guard of honor, the same bridge where 55 years earlier he had been violently beaten by police for his participation in non-violent protest. READ a bit more about the service for […]