Pioneering war painter captured spiritual ruin
ARTIST Evelyn Chapman was forced to give up her successful painting career in 1925 when she married organist/composer George Thalben-Ball.
Today In History
Belgian mystic first woman to visit Lhasa
THE French-Belgian woman dressed as a Tibetan pilgrim might not have passed close inspection, but Alexandra David-Neel was able to sneak her way into Lhasa to become the first western woman to visit the holy city.
UK inventor a pioneer in motoring industry
WHEN he fell on hard times inventor Frederick Lanchester applied for a pension but was knocked back.
Pilot and plane disappeared after seeing ‘metallic object’
ON a fine spring evening 40 years ago a young pilot and his plane vanished near Cape Otway. No trace has ever been found.
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Martin Luther King Jr’s life ended with single shot
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Sole survivor’s record 133 days adrift at sea
BRAZILIAN fishermen spotted a raft adrift off the coast of Brazil in 1943. Aboard the raft was a man who had survived 133 days at sea.
Mystery killers lurked Whitechapel’s streets
WHEN Emma Smith was found dead on the streets of Whitechapel 130 years ago today, it started a period when many women feared for their lives.
Dirty business of Australia’s first Grand Prix
Although Victoria and South Australia have long argued over who holds the Australian Grand Prix, Victoria was the first state to run the event
Kubrick’s vision of the future a real trip
More than a year before men landed on the moon director Stanley Kubrick took humanity into the depths of space
America’s richest man left a miserly legacy
When John Jacob Astor died people thought he was miserly because he left only a small portion of his fortune to the community
Germans stumbled at Australian hurdle in battle of Dernancourt
After Australian troops marched through the night to meet the German advance at Dernancourt in France a century ago, Stanley McDougall earned a VC blunting the enemy offensive
Fear of Stalin’s wrath contributed to death
Stalin ruled with an iron fist but the fear he instilled in others may have contributed to his death
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