World waited as Kursk crew drew last breaths
When a torpedo exploded aboard Russian submarine Kursk in 2000 it resulted in an emergency that captured the world’s attention.
Today In History
Quest for North Pole doomed before it began
When pack ice sent George Washington de Long’s ship to the bottom of the Arctic sea he made a valiant but ultimately futile attempt to get all of his expedition team back to safety
Trauma blighted Hollywood’s dream lovers
FANS never doubted their love as handsome crooner Bobby Darin and teen beauty Sandra Dee (left) set up house in a Hollywood Hills mansion after a whirlwind romance ended in marriage in December 1960.
Our forgotten bush poet was a great Scot
As a bush balladeer William Ogilvie stood on a par with Banjo Paterson and Henry Lawson, yet today, in the land that inspired some of his best works, he is relatively little known.
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Agent fooled woman into being a Nazi ‘spy’
WHEN two young women in Britain agreed to help recruit people as Nazi spies they never realised that their Gestapo spy handler was actually an MI5 agent
Steele Rudd wrote about his own life in bush yarns
IN his dedication from his first book, author Steele Rudd paid tribute to the people on the land. Far from being myth making, they were his own people and his own stories.
Sandwich relished his role as public servant
WHEN the 4th Earl of Sandwich, found it hard to tear himself away from a game of cards, he asked for some cold meat sandwiched between bread. Although he was not the first person to eat this way, it simply became known as a sandwich.
Air pioneer’s greatest mystery his own death
When an Aero Topografica plane taking off from a Lisbon seaplane base crashed on its way to Madeira it was the sad end to the eventful life of Jim Broadbent, one of Australia’s great lesser-known pioneer aviators.
Midget sub disgorged first Japanese POW
The Japanese midget submarines sent in to attack Pearl Harbor didn’t live up to expectations and then provided the US with their first prisoner of war in WWII
Soldier’s play helped exorcise war demons
When R.C. Sherriff’s play Journey’s End premiered in 1928 it became a huge success. People were finally ready for stories about the war that had been over for 10 years
Hospital once home to destitute children
The Prince of Wales hospital was named after a prince who later became king
Strike led to worst rail disaster in New York
A rail strike in November 1918 had fatal consequences for passengers
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