Source: Good News Network
On this day 33 years ago, the first-ever Adopt-a-Highway sign was erected on Highway 69 in Texas. It promoted the Tyler Civitan Club in exchange for their promise to pick up litter along a two-mile stretch of the road. (1985)
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MORE Good News on this Date:
- Congress launched U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt’s New Deal in a special session, beginning the 100 days of legislating aimed at reversing the economic depression (1933)
- The CBS news show See It Now, produced by Edward R. Murrow, aired a report critical of U. S. Senator Joseph McCarthy, which led to the end of Communist ‘witch hunts’ on Capitol Hill (1954)
- The Barbie doll made her debut at…
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