Good News in History, September 18

72 years ago today , A Streetcar Named Desire , the film based on the play by Tennessee Williams , premiered in New York City .

It received Oscar nominations in 10 other categories, including Best Picture , Best Director, and Best Adapted Screenplay.

It was the first film to win in three of the acting categories in three acting categories.

Margaret Chase Smith became the first woman elected to the U.S. Senate in 1950 .

Harriet Tubman fled the plantation where she was enslaved, escaping to freedom 173 years ago today .

A museum in Winifred , Montana has collected more than 3,000 of the metal trucks, bulldozers, cranes, graders and all varieties of construction vehicles.

The slogan Tonka tough, built to last’ has been proven true as the steel toys are handed down from one generation to the next.