French WWI flying ace immortalised by tennis
MOST people associate the name Roland Garros with tennis. However, the French tennis area was named after a pioneer aviator.
Today In History
Passion for planes took first man to the moon
SOME people are lifetime achievers but one achiever, Neil Armstrong, had one achievement that eclipsed the others.
Botched Somali military op shook US and world
IT began as a plan to arrest one man, that should have taken an hour, but it ended up a two-day firefight in the streets of Mogadishu, Somalia.
The Seagull takes flight after bumpy first airing
A NEW film adaptation of Anton Chekhov’s 1896 play, The Seagull, opens across Australian theatre screens today.
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Fats Domino was ‘the real King of rock’n’roll’
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Actor broke barriers on stage and screen
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Principessa Mafalda sinking was Italy’s Titanic
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Rebel’s story of a lifetime ended with Kremlin burial
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Air crash robbed band of its heart and song
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Careful sisters couldn’t hide Elliott’s tragedy
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Yeager and ‘Glennis’ smashed sound barrier with sonic boom
Even as his colleagues fell from the sky during training, US test pilot Chuck Yeager says he did not entertain fear.
Spy’s guilt still in doubt a century on
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Little Richard saw Sputnik as a sign from God
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