Hefner and the history of the pin-up
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Today In History
How the Melbourne Olympics was almost axed
WHEN Melbourne was having problems with its preparations for the Olympic Games, a visit from Avery Brundage IOC president in 1955 put a fire under them to get things right.
King was queen of the court in Battle of Sexes
WHEN fading tennis star Bobby Riggs wanted to make a point that he could beat the best female tennis player of the day, he picked the best, Billie Jean King, and lost the battle of the sexes.
Wallis was the original Dam Buster
WHEN CSIRO needed expertise to help them design the Parkes radio telescope they turned to one of the greatest engineering minds of the day — British inventor Barnes Wallis.
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Assassin’s creed part of Russian political makeup
NEMTSOV is not the first Russian politician to have ended up being silenced by dark forces in that country.
Germans first to thrill to sound of the Von Trapps
Within months of The Sound Of Music opening in Manhattan on March 2, 1965, the sound of money was clinking not only in Hollywood, but half a world away in Austria, where tourists queue for tours of “SOM” film locations.
Day we tuned into colour
IT was a long time coming, but on March 1, 1975 Australian “televidiots” could finally watch Grahame Bond’s overblown Aunty Jack transition to full, glorious colour.
From Olympic hopeful to homegrown screen hero
Aussie movie great Bill Hunter held the world freestyle record for just 10 minutes.
Les Miserables writer was once an ardent royalist
THE son of one of Napoleon’s generals, Victor Hugo became a great champion for the lowliest members of society.
Back to the beaches of Western Sydney
Western Sydney is not blessed by surf but its major waterways were once the place to go for a dip
Going down with the ship
Queensland has suffered some severe storms in the last few days, echoes of a disaster 140 years ago which took more than 100 lives.
Fatal shots silenced fierce voice of black segregation
As shots rang out across an upper Manhattan theatre 50 years ago today, Betty Shabazz “pushed my children under the seat and protected them with my body”.
Iwo Jima legend born amid the chaos of battle
ONE of the most famous photographs of World War II was taken 70 years ago today
Wartime fair helped Australia fall for all things American
A century ago the US opened an exposition heralding the opening of the Panama Canal and trumpeting their place as a Pacific power
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