Sad truth behind legend of star soprano’s no show
Few realised what was really going on behind the scenes the night a brave young chorus girl stepped up to save the night for Sydney opera fans.
Today In History
Tricks our first magicians played on the entire world
From the Great Levante to Murray the Escapologist and The Amazing Mr Rooklyn, Australia has a daring history of magicians who entranced and entertained.
Mystery still remains over Richmond Base tragedy
Eight young, brave and dedicated family men lost their lives just minutes into a routine flight in 1959. And to this day, there is no conclusive cause of the crash.
Honouring our ‘get on with it’ women of service
Dispensing cakes and cracking codes, the Wasbies and the Garage Girls went to war for Australia. Now two new books are shining a light on their stories.
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Spies put atomic bomb in hands of the Soviets
When the Soviets successfully tested their first atomic bomb 70 years ago today it sent seismic and political shockwaves around the world
Real-life crime of passion inspired Chicago the musical
When Beulah Annan shot dead her lover in 1924 she could never have imagined the act would make her the basis of a character in a hit musical
Fuel crisis inspired Mini classic with a big heart
It was a little car designed to appeal to consumers during a fuel crisis, but the Mini Minor went on to be a major force in motoring
Pioneer private eye had own brush with the law
He changed the way criminals were caught but Allan Pinkerton had his own brushes with the authorities
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.
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.
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
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
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