Source: Good News Network
35 years ago, U.S. President Ronald Reagan signed a bill creating Martin Luther King Day, a national holiday to honor the Civil Rights hero—the only national holiday named for an individual. (1983)
More Good News on this Date:
- The BBC Television Service was launched by the British Broadcasting Corporation—the world’s first continuous, broadcast-quality TV service (1936)
- The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, CBC, was established (1936)
- Hostage David Jacobsen was freed after 17 months captivity by Islamic Jihad (1986)
- The International Space Station became a home for the first time as an American astronaut and two Russian cosmonauts arrived for a four-month stay–and it has been continuously occupied since then (2000)
And, on this day in 1920, KDKA in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania started broadcasting as…
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