Aussie Norman stood with Black Power athletes
SOME pictures such as the image of two African-American athletes giving the Black Power salute at the Mexico City Olympic Games 50 years ago, have become seared into the public consciousness.
Today In History
Mary, Queen of Scots couldn’t escape cousin’s wrath
WHEN a group of peers and Privy Councillors met at Fotheringay Castle 432 years ago this week, they were there to put a queen on trial.
Rebel Aussie refused to kowtow to a Nazi salute
HE was the Australian boy who cut a swath through the hedonistic social circles of pre-World War II Europe, but as a new book reveals it was the playboy’s need for speed that brought him face-to-face with Adolf Hitler in 1936.
Jerome Robbins gave dance unique American twist
IT was the career he turned to after the dwindling economy of the Great Depression pushed Jerome Robbins out of school; it was also his one true love. Robbins wore many hats but it was his love for dance that underpinned everything.
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Concrete ships proved a dead weight for US
WHEN metal proved scarce during World War I, the US government turned to building ships from concrete.
Plot to blow up Hitler lost its spark in midair
ON March 13, 1943 Adolf Hitler boarded a plane with a bomb aboard, but the plot to kill him fizzled out in the air.
Prince Alfred survived picnic assassination
WHEN a young Prince Alfred attended a beachside picnic in Sydney’s picturesque suburb of Clontarf, it was unthinkable at the time that he faced mortal danger.
Deadly flu epidemic killed millions more than in WWI
THE grandfather of US President Donald Trump in 1918 was an early victim of deadly Spanish flu.
Innisfail didn’t see killer cyclone coming
THE sugar town of Innisfail was hit by a major cyclone a century ago that killed dozens in the town and dozens more in surrounding area
Adams sent listeners hitchhiking to the stars
LISTENERS tuning in to a radio series about the story of a book 40 years ago were treated to something that was so much more.
US mission rode into legend against Taliban
WHEN images of US ground forces in Afghanistan first surfaced, just a month after the attacks on the World Trade Center in 2001, they showed a remarkable sight — Green Berets on horseback.
Norfolk Island first settledas a farm not a prison
THE ship circled Norfolk Island for days before Philip Gidley King could find a place to land his small band of colonists to establish what was more of a farming settlement than a penal colony.
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