Good News in History, March 13 - Good News Network

The Seikan Undersea Tunnel was opened in Japan 37 years ago today .

The tunnel was built mainly on expectations of traffic between the two islands, but the government couldn’t predict the rise in air travel making the Seikan virtually redundant for passengers.

Two years ago , worldwide unit sales of vinyl records climbed above CDs for the first time since 1987 , completing the only low-tech resurgence of its kind.

On this day , 84 years ago , the National Poet of annexed Palestine , Mahmoud Darwish , was born.

His poetry is part of the Israeli high school curriculum today .

Sir William Herschel first observed Uranus from the garden of his house 244 years ago today .

Eric Clapton’s LP Unplugged hit No.1 on U.S. charts and stayed there.

Cher became the oldest woman to top the Hot 100 , at age 53 .

The upbeat dance-pop song stayed atop the US singles chart for four weeks .

The song reached No.1 in almost every country it charted, including UK , Canada , Australia , Ireland , Spain , France , Germany and Italy .