On this day 80 years ago, The March of Dimes charity to fight polio was started by President Franklin Roosevelt, who was afflicted with the disease himself. After funding Jonas Salk’s polio vaccine, the group, whose genius was in collecting small contributions of spare change, went on to spend $233 million on polio patient care, Today, they still improve the health of mothers and babies by preventing birth defects and premature birth.
To honor the achievement, Roosevelt’s image was imprinted on the U.S. dime. (1938)MORE Good News on this Date:
- The drinking straw was patented by Marvin Stone (1888)
- Turkey made peace with Armenia (1921)
- 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 the 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 the…
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