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Positive things that happened on October 9. Each milestone links to the source it was checked against.
Scientific firsts, civil-rights wins, conservation, medicine, kindness, and other good news. Checked against the linked source.
A milestone is added only when the year, a short account, and a link to a reputable source all check out. Archive stories for this date are below.
Two questions a teacher can use as a warm-up. This page is for an adult to read with a class.
8 stories published on October 9 in any year.
CommunityBill Kinser followed his father into ballooning. Now his son flies with him, and the whole family helped light up Milkyway at Balloon Fiesta.
Verified · KOAT
ScienceResearchers renamed a 45-million-year-old gavial from the same rock as the Great Sphinx after CT scans showed it was not the false gharial it had been called.
Verified · Smithsonian Magazine
AnimalsA community hatchery in Panamá Oeste will take in nests that are not safe on the beach. The same week, 127 olive ridley hatchlings were released at a different refuge.
Verified · Infobae
CommunityTubes are being filled and seed is going in the ground at a new miombo nursery. The trees are not planted out yet.
Verified · Daily News
HeroesRika Matsuda kept an origami crane a man folded for her in Japan when she was 7. Ten years later, an English assignment led her to unfold it.
Verified · Good News Network
AnimalsThe last voyage of a five-year cleanup pulled derelict nets and plastic from the monument and freed five entangled green sea turtles.
Verified · Hawaii News Now
AnimalsMacaques, a langur, a pangolin, slow lorises, and birds of prey left care for habitat inside Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park after health checks.
Verified · VietnamPlus
AnimalsTaronga keepers released 10 broad-shelled turtles and three Murray River turtles in September. More adults are still to go, and more than 250 eggs are still being incubated.
Verified · ABC