Good News in History, February 18 - Good News Network

Ashwath Kaushik became the youngest player ever to defeat a grandmaster in classical tournament chess at 8 years , 6 months , and 111 days .

He beat out the previous record holder by 4 months after defeating Poland ’s Jacek Stopa , 37 , in round four of the Burgdorfer Stadthaus Open in Switzerland .

Happy 71st Birthday to John Travolta , star of such films as Saturday Night Fever , Grease, Pulp Fiction, Get Shorty , Hairspray , and Swordfish .

The first African-American woman to win the Nobel Prize for Literature, Toni Morrison , was born 94 years ago today .

Shani Davis became the first Black athlete to win a gold medal in Winter Olympic history for an individual event, winning the men’s 1,000-meter in Italy in Italy and winning a silver medal in the 1500-meter race.

David Gilmour joined Pink Floyd 57 years ago today .

He is ranked # 14 on Rolling Stone magazine’s list of the greatest guitarists of all time.

Happy Birthday to actress Cybill Shepherd who turns 75 today .

She won her third Golden Globe for her sitcom Cybill in 1997 .