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Good news on October 4.

Positive things that happened on October 4. Each milestone links to the source it was checked against.

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Scientific firsts, civil-rights wins, conservation, medicine, kindness, and other good news. Checked against the linked source.

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For the classroom

Two questions a teacher can use as a warm-up. This page is for an adult to read with a class.

What is one kind thing people in your town could do on a day like today?
If your class wrote a good-news headline for this date, what would it be about?

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From the archive

2 stories published on October 4 in any year.

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Brick and painted storefronts along a street in downtown Tupelo on a sunny day

Community

Tupelo, Mississippi

A Tupelo girl marking six years cancer-free raised money for St. Jude

Lily Baker finished leukemia treatment at age six. Her family held a pumpkin-painting fundraiser for the hospital that never sent them a bill.

Verified · WTVA

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A great Indian bustard standing in dry grass

Animals

Desert National Park

Two captive-bred great Indian bustards walked into the desert

On October 4, wildlife officials and scientists released two young males at Sam in Desert National Park. They are the first captive-bred birds the recovery program has put back into the wild.

Verified · The Times of India