Good News in History, October 28 - Good News Network
This daily column at GNN.org features all the good news, anniversaries and notable birthdays from this day in history—October 28. The Gateway Arch in St. Louis, Missouri, was completed 61 years ago, making it the tallest monument in the Western Hemisphere. The architect Eero Saarinen designed the arch to sway a full 18 inches, with a hollow interior where four million tourists can visit. The arch is a tribute to pioneers such as Lewis and Clark. Other notable events include the completion of the Alaska (AlCan) Highway in 1942 and the Nobel Prize for Literature awarded to Ernest Hemingway. The Cuban Missile Crisis ended in 1962, with Soviet Union leader Nikita Khrushchev agreeing to dismantle his missiles in Cuba in exchange for Kennedy's promise to remove NATO missiles from Turkey and Italy. Cristina Fernandez became the first woman elected President of Argentina in 2007. The 86th anniversary of the day Greece rejected Fascist demands, marking the first setback for World War II.
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61 years ago today, the Gateway Arch in St. Louis, Missouri was completed. Clad in stainless steel and standing 630 feet high, it is the tallest monument in the Western Hemisphere. The arch sits on th... [5190 symbols]
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