Beach struck chord for all female composers
WHEN the Boston Symphony orchestra played the Gaelic Symphony in 1896 it heralded the arrival of the first great American female composer
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Golf’s young turks cut down in their prime
THEY were masters of the green, competitors and contemporaries whose commercial tours ripped divots in the stern golf establishment at Scotland’s ancient and windswept St Andrews club.
First visiting foreign head of state was illegitimate ruler
It was a coming-of-age celebration when the first foreign leader to visit Canberra touched down 60 years ago, even if official guest Ngo Dinh Diem could be considered an illegitimate president of an illegitimate state.
Berliner’s invention was music to our ears
On this day 130 years ago Emile Berliner filed for a patent for his gramophone, taking on Edison at his own game
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Destined for greatness
“Note his name, for seldom has any politician visited this country and inspired such unanimity of opinion,” wrote London newspaper columnist Atticus in June, 1936.
Never the best neighbours
A 50-year quarrel between the US and Cuba is finally thawing but tensions between the two neighbours date back to colonial times.
Bomber didn’t always get through
The British had long believed that the “Bomber always gets through” but when they tried getting through to Wilhelmshaven they had to change their thinking.
City’s vibrant heart built of sandstone and marble
The heart of Sydney continues to beat despite an attack in our social centre
Winston always came first, second and third
The Churchill’s marriage played out against European destruction in two world wars and the Cold War. At home, blow-ups and slamming doors were mere “summer storms”.
Kamikazes struck 70 years ago today
On October 21, 1944, a Japanese pilot smashed his plane into the bridge of HMAS Australia. And so the suicide cult of the kamikaze pilots was born.
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