Source: Good News Network
On this day 10 years ago—twelve months after Mattel recalled millions of lead-tainted toys that were made in China—the US government banned lead from children’s toys. (2008)
– File Photo by Terence Ong, CC license
MORE Good News on this Day:
- U.S. Social Security Act was signed into law by President Franklin D. Roosevelt creating unemployment insurance and pension plans for the elderly (1935)
- President Harry S. Truman announced that Japan had surrendered unconditionally, ending World War II — a moment that led to the famous VJ Day kiss in Times Square, New York between a uniform-clad sailor and a nurse, captured on film by photographer Alfred Eisentaedt (1945)
- Pakistan became independent of British rule (1947)
- Bahrain declared its independence from United Kingdom (1971)
- The Who released their fifth studio album Who’s Next, featuring hits like ’Won’t Get Fooled Again’, widely viewed as one of the greatest rock albums of all time (1971)
And, on this day in 1980, Lech Wałęsa led shipyard workers in Gdansk,…
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