Poet spoke with voice of the common man
When Walt Whitman heard his brother was wounded in the Civil War he rushed to his side and saw the suffering that war had brought to many ordinary men
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Son of a monk became the father of monsters
When a young Japanese student named Ishiro Honda saw his first film at age 10 he became hooked and later went on to become famous as the director of the classic film Godzilla
Star’s father guilty of ‘crime of the century’
When Texas district court judge John Wood was shot dead 40 years ago today it led to the conviction of a man whose son would later become a famous actor
How Aussie pilots took down Hitler’s jet fighter
As Nazi Germany made its last desperate attempts to continue its reign of terror in Europe, brave Queensland airmen risked their lives shooting down a weapon that would change the course of history.
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Germans stumbled at Australian hurdle in battle of Dernancourt
After Australian troops marched through the night to meet the German advance at Dernancourt in France a century ago, Stanley McDougall earned a VC blunting the enemy offensive
Fear of Stalin’s wrath contributed to death
Stalin ruled with an iron fist but the fear he instilled in others may have contributed to his death
Ali’s radio mate abandoned boxing calls after savage bout
As triumphant underdog, in 1964 Cassius Clay snatched the microphone from broadcaster Howard Cosell, born 100 years ago.
Solomon ‘prince’s’ high dive into record books
THOUSANDS of people gathered at a charity event on March 23, 1918, to see Alick Wickham make a record-breaking high dive.
Explorer’s death was straw that broke the camel’s back
Explorer John Horrocks, born 200 years ago today, hoped to use camels to explore the outback but a camel he took on his 1846 expedition would be his undoing
Aviation mystery was unsolved for 27 years
ON a wet and windy Saturday morning 87 years ago today, Charles Kingsford Smith’s Southern Cloud flew into a storm and disappeared, becoming Australia’s first commercial airline disaster.
Potter’s animal tales satirised society
UNABLE to think of what to write to the son of a close friend, Beatrix Potter wrote an illustrated letter that became the basis of her most famous book.
Non-stop flight to UK no longer a dream
DON’T dream it’s over — how technology is heralding in a new era of aviation and air travel to maker it more shorter, faster and cheaper for all.
Business partner killed ‘world’s fastest man’
WHEN a businessman and former racing driver was murdered in the driveway of his California home, it took more than a decade to bring his killer to justice.
CIA double agents betrayed Soviet spy Polyakov
WHEN the CIA lost contact with one of their best sources deep inside Soviet intelligence, Dmitri Polyakov, it would be two years before they learnt of his fate.
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