Brutal end for pin-up boy of rebellion
AS he farewelled Fidel Castro and their comrades in Havana at the end of 1965, Ernesto “Che” Guevara recalled one of the questions asked when he joined the Cuban revolution in 1955.
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Rose Scott was tireless suffragette
After almost 30 years of agitating first for women to vote, then to raise the age of sexual consent for girls, Rose Scott championed one compliment above all.
Hans Heysen was master of the eucalypt
The young lad who made his way into the bush every Sunday became a master observer of the Australian landscape.
Tylenol killer still eludes Chicago police
Thirty five years ago a major hunt was underway for a killer who poisoned people using a popular pain killer.
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Fatal shots silenced fierce voice of black segregation
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Iwo Jima legend born amid the chaos of battle
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Wartime fair helped Australia fall for all things American
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Lonely end to Brando romance
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Freedom Riders defied hate to end bathing ban
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Passion for social justice bloomed on factory floor
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Journalists jailed for doing their jobs
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Forget Valentine, lovers need Raphael and Monica
ALTHOUGH St Valentine may be up there with Eros, Aphrodite and Venus in the romance stakes, Christian scholars suggest singles are praying to the wrong saint.
‘White plague’ patients headed for the hills
Tuberculosis was once thought to be a romantic disease because it was contracted by many poets and artists.
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