Brilliant artist killed by flu on cusp of success
The Austrian artist Egon Schiele was struck by a tragedy when his wife died in 1918. His own death followed just days later
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James Cook’s widow mourned him for the rest of her life
WHEN Captain Cook was killed in Hawaii in 1779 the nation mourned, particularly his wife, who lived for another 56 years after his death.
German sailors’ mutiny triggered end of WWI
WHEN sailors at Kiel Canal refused to take part in a do-or-die naval battle on October 29, 1918, it sparked a revolution that ended one destructive war, but laid seeds for another.
Gift gave Stonehenge back to British people
STONEHENGE had been in private hands for centuries. But a 100 years ago today, British barrister Cecil Chubb gifted the ancient neolithic monument to the public.
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Japanese admiral downed by long-range Lightning strike
A MESSAGE intercepted 75 years ago began the US mission to shoot down Imperial Japanese Navy commander Isoroku Yamamoto.
Body snatchers made a killing for anatomy
WHEN medical schools in the 19th century needed bodies for anatomical studies, there were some ghoulish operators willing to supply them.
Untimely obituary led to Nobel prize legacy
INVENTOR Alfred Nobel is said to have read his own obituary, which spurred him to create the Nobel prize
Kennedy matriarch still stands by her man
WHEN college student Ethel Skakel took a skiing holiday in 1945 she met a handsome naval officer, brother of a school friend. The meeting changed her life and wedded her to a political destiny.
Wahine ferry met its fate in clash of storms
WHEN a tropical cyclone collided with a storm from the Antarctica in New Zealand in 1968 it resulted in a terrible maritime tragedy.
H. G. Wells’ visions of future ‘uncannily accurate’
When Herbert Wells found himself with time on his hands he also had time on his mind, writing a story about a time traveller 130 years ago this month.
Betty Ford pushed for women’s rights
Former US first lady Betty Ford, who openly revealed her struggles with cancer and alcohol, was born 100 years ago.
Sky no limit for the Flying Dutchman
AMONG the students who watched their aircraft project crash in Germany in 1909 was a Dutchman who would go on to become a major force in aircraft.
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