Aussie hopefuls lost in Thames party tragedy
The Marchioness had survived Dunkirk but on August 20, 1989, met a tragic fate while cruising the Thames
Today In History
Race stopped nation for all the wrong reasons
The horse was orange but needed to be dark brown to fool the stewards and that was just the start of the Fine Cotton fiasco
Pythons raised hell with Brian’s biblical romp
Protesters were out in force for the premiere of Monty Python’s Life Of Brian but they only served to make more people want to see it
Convicts chased freedom from Tasmania to China
When the transport ship Cyprus was becalmed at Recherche Bay in Van Diemen’s Land a group of convicts decided their chance of freedom had arrived
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US cartoon inspired the creation of teddy bears
TEDDY bears have been a popular toy for more than a century; they have entertained children, inspired authors and kept up the morale of soldiers at war. But they owe their origins to a US president
Blast survivor provided clues on brain function
YOUNG railway foreman, Phineas Gage, became famous for surviving an horrific brain injury.
Army initially shunned Gatling’s rapid-fire gun
THE top brass of the Union Army watched an amazing demonstration of a rapid fire gun in 1862. Invented by Richard Gatling, the gun would change the nature of warfare
Dissident writer ‘shot’ by killer poison pellet
BULGARIAN defector Georgi Markov felt a sting in his leg while waiting at a bus stop in London, he died a few days later, forty years ago today
Underground crime links lurk in ‘Jersey Boys’ success story
FRANKIE Valli took tips from mobsters but the most valuable tip was “stay out of trouble. Don’t join any gangs”.
Canada’s wild-child first lady scandalised society
FORMER Canadian “wild child” First Lady Margaret Trudeau turns 70 today.
Peasant’s helped troubled Tolstoy find meaning of life
RUSSIAN author and pacifist Leo Tolstoy was born 190 years ago tomorrow.
Artist and model suffered for great masterpiece
CROUCHED by a river in Surrey, pestered by insects and buffeted by wind artist John Everett Millais began creating his masterpiece Ophelia
Explorer died trying to find a way to the Gulf
WHILE names like Hume, Leichhardt, Burke and Wills roll easily off the tongue, Edmund Kennedy is one of our forgotten explorers
Bard’s Globe theatre was the first pop-up
WHEN the Lord Chamberlain’s men found themselves without a theatre they simply picked up another theatre and popped up a new one on the south bank of the Thames
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