World’s largest village took on neo-Nazi haters
When Neo-Nazis tried to hold a march through the predominantly Jewish community of Skokie, the normally quiet village made the news around the world
Today In History
Extraordinary legacy of an ordinary man
The roughly typed manuscript tied up with string didn’t promise much but it delivered a small publisher a bestseller
Unsung vaccination hero saved millions of lives
When Dr Maurice Hilleman read about a flu outbreak in Hong Kong in 1957 he sounded the alarm about a coming pandemic
Proud Zulu nation ended with fall of defiant king
As long as King Cetshwayo remained at large there was still a chance of resistance from the Zulu nation but the British finally got their man 140 years ago today
More Stories
Poet spoke with voice of the common man
When Walt Whitman heard his brother was wounded in the Civil War he rushed to his side and saw the suffering that war had brought to many ordinary men
Son of a monk became the father of monsters
When a young Japanese student named Ishiro Honda saw his first film at age 10 he became hooked and later went on to become famous as the director of the classic film Godzilla
Star’s father guilty of ‘crime of the century’
When Texas district court judge John Wood was shot dead 40 years ago today it led to the conviction of a man whose son would later become a famous actor
How Aussie pilots took down Hitler’s jet fighter
As Nazi Germany made its last desperate attempts to continue its reign of terror in Europe, brave Queensland airmen risked their lives shooting down a weapon that would change the course of history.
Grazier’s broken axle helped airline take off
A broken car axle led to the chance meeting that brought grazier Fergus McMaster into the story of the founding of Qantas
Fear of French fuelled race to settle the west
Captain Charles Fremantle raised the British flag to establish the Swan River Colony 190 years ago today, after a race to beat the French
Daring French aeronaut floated to fame and love
A crowd of onlookers gasped as Andre-Jacques Garnerin severed a rope holding his basket to a balloon. But he plummeted safely back to earth thanks to a parachute he had invented
80 years later: Creepy message in a bottle
It’s been over 80 years since the mysterious disappearance of a Brisbane public servant and socialite who vanished from a train station.
Original URL: https://www.couriermail.com.au/news/today-in-history/page/16