Day the world was minutes from doom
SEVENTY years ago today with the threat of nuclear annihilation hanging over their heads, a group of US atomic scientists were inspired to create the Doomsday Clock.
Today In History
War on our doorstep as subs stalked coast
The Japanese midget subs that brought such chaos to Sydney Harbour 75 years ago were only part of a broader submarine war on our coast
Queen’s failed assassins were sent Down Under
ON this day 175 years ago an attempt was made on Queen Victoria’s life, but it was one of several during her reign.
Mob bosses finish up killing time behind bars
Mafia bosses are often marked men but, despite popular conception, many end up dying of old age in prison rather than in a hail of bullets.
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Sydney track tragedy cut short brilliant career
It is a day that will live in infamy in Australian Speedway history — when Sydney Speedcar star Jeff Freeman, 27, crashed to his death at Sydney’s Westmead Speedway.
Hot Chocolate’s Errol Brown made music a sexy thing
Hot Chocolate blitzed the charts in the 70s and early 80s on the strength of tunes written by lead singer the late Errol Brown
Lusitania outrage helped bring US into Great War
A century ago a German U-boat changed the course of World War I
Princess’s name resonates richly in roll call of Europe’s royalty
Prince William and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, have endowed their daughter with names rich in history
Child stars grow up broken
The death of the youngest cast member of the Partridge Family, on top of news last week of the suicide of one of the young twins from Everybody Loves Raymond, shows how hard it can be as the youngest member of TV family
A city long divided along faultlines of race tension
The riots in Baltimore following the death of a black man in custody have echoes through its often divided past.
Terror and death follow when the Earth moves
The devastation in Nepal attests to the enormous seismic pressures in some parts of the world
Scramble to escape as North Vietnamese entered Saigon
NORTH Vietnamese Communist forces had encircled Saigon as Vietnamese war orphans airlifted to Australia 40 years ago were escorted from Sydney to new homes across Australia.
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