August 30- Good News Stories On This Date

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*190 years ago today (the article says 18), the city of Melbourne was founded in southeast Australia. A traditional meeting place of several Aboriginal peoples including the Boonwurrung, Wathaurong, and Wurundjeri peoples, Melbourne blossomed rapidly into a “canvas city” following the designation of a crown colony in 1837, and news of a gold rush in 1850.

* Two yankee businessmen—brothers Augustus and John Kirby Allen—bought 8,850 acres of swampland and founded the city of Houston, Texas, funding the roads and buildings at the core of what would become the fourth most populous city in the US—and one that recently moved 4,100 homeless veterans into permanent housing (1836)

* A Communication Hotline between US and Soviet leaders went into operation (1963)

* The album Highway 61 Revisited by Bob Dylan was released (1965)

* Striking Polish workers of the Solidarity movement led by Lech Walesa won a sweeping victory after a two-month battle with their communist rulers for the right to organize independent unions and the right to strike (1980)

* Former Air Force Colonel Guion S. Bluford Jr.was launched into space on the Shuttle Challenger (1983)

* 33 years ago today, Michael Schumacher’s reign of excellence began after taking the first of what would become ninety-one 1st place finishes throughout his illustrious career.

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