Husband too late to prevent Judy Garland’s lonely death
Mickey Deans made a terrible discovery 50 years ago today, when he had to climb in through a bathroom window after receiving no response from his wife Judy Garland
Today In History
Coal miners’ strike left public out in the cold
Seventy years ago Australia was shivering through a harsh winter because of a coal strike, but while houses were cold the political climate was heating up
Aussie inventor freed women from corsets
It took an Australian inventor to give women a comfortable alternative to the form of fashion torture known as the corset
Baseball’s ‘luckiest man’ gave name to disease
Baseball star Lou Gehrig had a terrible season in 1938 but when things got worse in 1939 he discovered the reason was that he had contracted an incurable disease
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Unabomber tormented FBI officers for 18 years
IN the end it was three words that identified Ted Kaczynski, “the most intellectual serial killer” America ever produced.
Life and crimes of drug smuggler Donald Tait
FORGERY, bigamy, impersonation: Opportunist Donald Roy Tait had tried the lot before an attempted move to the big-league introduced him to households across Australia.
Cousins’ coming of age secured Arab thrones
AS the 40th generation with direct descent from Prophet Muhammad, 65 years ago cousins took the throne in two Arab states.
Polar bears, raw meat in explorer’s epic feat
Japanese adventurer Naomi Uemura completed the first solo trek to the North Pole 40 years ago.
Padded-up Fingleton took on Bodyline — and Bradman
STRIDING out to bat Jack Fingleton looked bulkier than usual, because he had padded himself under his shirt to take on Bodyline tactics
Allies sent a dead man to fool the Germans
A HOMELESS man who took his life became part of a bizarre plot to fool the Germans using a dead body, false identity and faked war plans
He volunteered to enter then escaped Auschwitz
MOST people had no choice about being sent to Auschwitz but Witold Pilecki volunteered, stayed for two years then he escaped.
Artist’s bushland rape case enthralled Sydney
THE public gallery at Central Criminal Court was packed in 1954 to hear evidence against comic book artist Leonard Lawson.
Concerts, cricket kept our Diggers distracted
POETRY was just one of many pastimes favoured by Diggers in World War I.
World’s first tank battle at Villers-Bretonneux
THE Germans were nothing if not persistent. They had failed to break through to Amiens in late March and early April 1918. So on the morning of April 24, a century ago today, they unleashed their secret weapon.
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