Sad truth behind legend of star soprano’s no show
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Today In History
Tricks our first magicians played on the entire world
From the Great Levante to Murray the Escapologist and The Amazing Mr Rooklyn, Australia has a daring history of magicians who entranced and entertained.
Mystery still remains over Richmond Base tragedy
Eight young, brave and dedicated family men lost their lives just minutes into a routine flight in 1959. And to this day, there is no conclusive cause of the crash.
Honouring our ‘get on with it’ women of service
Dispensing cakes and cracking codes, the Wasbies and the Garage Girls went to war for Australia. Now two new books are shining a light on their stories.
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Original Charlie’s Angels trio dismissed as ‘jiggle TV’
They were smart, professional and stylish and part of an action series with a comic edge that helped pave the way for women crime busters on television
On this day: Winston Churchill’s great prison escape
The future British PM was an ambitious young journalist caught up in a war zone when he pulled off a breakout worthy of a Hollywood blockbuster
On this day: How farmer pulled off greatest hoax in history
Crowds flocked to see the enormous petrified figure dug out of a Cardiff field even when its veracity was questioned
Hungry dogs put Pavlov on track for Nobel Prize
When Ivan Pavlov noticed dogs in his laboratory drooled at the expectation of food, it inspired a revolutionary series of experiments which had many implications for modern science
Beaumonts’ mother took heartache to the grave
Shy Adelaide mum Nancy Beaumont lost her children and eventually her marriage to one of Australia’s most intruguing unsolved mysteries
The 20 best World War II battle movies ever made
World War War II battle movies were a Hollywood staple that became a joke, then along came Saving Private Ryan. So what films make the list of best 20 WWII battle films ever made?
Today in history: Alexander Hamilton appointed to US Treasury
The banknote with his face on it and the hit musical based on his life were still years away but the long association between Alexander Hamilton and the US Treasury began on this day 230 years ago.
Day we went to war against Hitler
When the new prime minister of Australia Robert Menzies walked into a radio studio on September 3, 1939 he had the weight of the nation on his shoulders, declaring war on Germany
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