World waited as Kursk crew drew last breaths
When a torpedo exploded aboard Russian submarine Kursk in 2000 it resulted in an emergency that captured the world’s attention.
Today In History
Quest for North Pole doomed before it began
When pack ice sent George Washington de Long’s ship to the bottom of the Arctic sea he made a valiant but ultimately futile attempt to get all of his expedition team back to safety
Trauma blighted Hollywood’s dream lovers
FANS never doubted their love as handsome crooner Bobby Darin and teen beauty Sandra Dee (left) set up house in a Hollywood Hills mansion after a whirlwind romance ended in marriage in December 1960.
Our forgotten bush poet was a great Scot
As a bush balladeer William Ogilvie stood on a par with Banjo Paterson and Henry Lawson, yet today, in the land that inspired some of his best works, he is relatively little known.
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Day the Allies finally broke Hindenburg line
THE Hindenburg line seemed for so long to be an unbreakable barrier, but a century ago that barrier was finally breached.
Luxury liner served as a troopship during war
WHEN King George VI’s wife Queen Elizabeth launched her namesake ocean liner, there were mishaps and it took eight years before she could do the job for which it had been made
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Fame eluded child star after success of Oliver!
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Midair collision sent planes hurtling into San Diego suburb
IT was a bright, hot, clear day over San Diego and there was no reason a Boeing 727 shouldn’t have seen a Cessna flying nearby. But a series of errors brought the two aircraft tragically into a collision.
School teachers broke Canberra glass ceiling
When two women walked through the doors of parliament seventy five years ago this weekend it marked a historic moment for women in politics
Crusading journo stopped rot in US meat industry
When young journalist Upton Sinclair went undercover in 1904 he helped expose shocking secrets about the food Americans were eating
Losers turned ugly after Creole woman won first beauty pageant
While we like to think we are far more diverse in what we consider beautiful these days in 1888 a European beauty contest chose a creole woman as the most beautiful girl on the planet
Life was bittersweet for chocolate clan adoptees
UNDER the sugar-coated story of the Darrell Lea confectionery empire lies a bittersweet family saga
UK industrialist Bentley’s cars dominated at Le Mans circuit
WITH support from elite Bentley Boys, Walter Bentley, born 130 years ago, pushed his big saloons across the line.
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