Author: Karolina Wv / Source: Bored Panda Musicians rejoice! Because legendary percussionist Viola Smith may have discovered the secret for a long and healthy life: energetic drumming and the moderate consumption of good wine. Now aged 106 and actively drumming until recently in a Costa Mesa

Source: Good News Network 100 years ago today, Desmond Doss, the US Army corporal who saved 75 men while refusing to carry a weapon during one of the worst battles of World War II, was born in Lynchburg, Virginia. Raised a devout Seventh-day Adventist Christian, Doss volunteered to serve as a

Author: Miss Cellania / Source: Neatorama Today, Eartha Kitt is most known for her songs “C’est si bon” and “Santa Baby” and her turn as Catwoman on the Batman TV series. But her first recording, and her first hit, was “Uska Dara,” which she learned and performed while working in Istanbul. Kitt

Source: Futility Closet Harry Truman’s daughter Margaret was a classically trained vocalist, and in 1950 Washington Post music critic Paul Hume drew Truman’s ire with a negative review. He wrote that Margaret was “extremely attractive on the stage… [but] cannot sing very well. She is flat a good

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