Rebel’s story of a lifetime ended with Kremlin burial
The Russian Revolution was the story of a lifetime for American journalist John Reed, one which ended when he was buried in the Kremlin.
Today In History
Air crash robbed band of its heart and song
IT should have been a routine flight to their next gig, but 40 years ago today rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd, whose Sweet Home Alabama was a global hit, was torn apart by tragedy
Careful sisters couldn’t hide Elliott’s tragedy
As an award-winning playwright at age 14 and an actor from 15, Sumner Locke Elliott’s merciless characterisations quickly established him as an enfant terrible of Australian literature.
Yeager and ‘Glennis’ smashed sound barrier with sonic boom
Even as his colleagues fell from the sky during training, US test pilot Chuck Yeager says he did not entertain fear.
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Murder spree ended when Mutilator ‘rose from dead’
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Comrade’s donkey photo inspired an Anzac legend
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Victory turned into right royal night on the town
London streets pulsed on the evening of May 8, 1945. Hitler was dead, the Nazis eliminated and a decade of uncertainty settled after six years of wartime fear, loss and grief.
Sydney track tragedy cut short brilliant career
It is a day that will live in infamy in Australian Speedway history — when Sydney Speedcar star Jeff Freeman, 27, crashed to his death at Sydney’s Westmead Speedway.
Hot Chocolate’s Errol Brown made music a sexy thing
Hot Chocolate blitzed the charts in the 70s and early 80s on the strength of tunes written by lead singer the late Errol Brown
Lusitania outrage helped bring US into Great War
A century ago a German U-boat changed the course of World War I
Princess’s name resonates richly in roll call of Europe’s royalty
Prince William and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, have endowed their daughter with names rich in history
Child stars grow up broken
The death of the youngest cast member of the Partridge Family, on top of news last week of the suicide of one of the young twins from Everybody Loves Raymond, shows how hard it can be as the youngest member of TV family
A city long divided along faultlines of race tension
The riots in Baltimore following the death of a black man in custody have echoes through its often divided past.
Terror and death follow when the Earth moves
The devastation in Nepal attests to the enormous seismic pressures in some parts of the world
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