Brothers in arms set Cuba’s communist path
A 2000km boat trip from Mexico in 1956 secured Cuban power for Fidel and Raul Castro.
Today In History
Children were Barbara’s top priority
OBITUARY: “The one who was always there was Barbara Bush,” recalled a childhood friend of the former US First Lady’s eldest son George.
Islanders abandoned during Nazi occupation
IN June 1940 Britain’s war cabinet voted to leave the Channel Islands to fend for themselves during a German invasion.
‘White hunter’ Holden became wildlife activist
DESPITE more than 50 movies, Hollywood box-office hero William Holden’s hottest action scenes never made it onto film.
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Baker’s French connection made a name for Napoleon
SYDNEY already has a street named after Napoleon Bonaparte and soon may have a plaza also named Napoleon — all thanks to an officer who fought at Waterloo and convict
Midget stood tall as a surfing legend
OBITUARY: When Aussie surfer Midget Farrelly beat the world’s best at an international event in Hawaii in 1963, his only celebration was some beers with his mates.
When Sydney’s buses went to war
A 1940 double-decker bus painted in camouflage takes pride of place among lovingly restored and buffed vehicles at the Sydney Bus Museum, which opens its enormous new Leichhardt shed tomorrow.
Marrickville’s million-dollar mermaid
AUSTRALIAN-born diver Annette Kellerman was hailed as the pinnacle of physical feminine perfection.
Double killer kept his victims’ location a secret to his grave
BRUCE Burrell, the pathological liar who murdered Sydney mother Kerry Whelan and grandmother Dorothy Davis, died in prison yesterday taking the secret of his victims’ location to his grave.
Architectural marvel which put Sydney firmly on track
CONSTRUCTION works can be noisy at the best of times, but building of Sydney’s Central Station was enough to raise the dead.
Queen Anne of Romania was no ordinary royal
OBITUARY: She was an ambulance driver, shop assistant, farmer and housewife. But Queen Anne of Romania, who died this week aged 92, was no ordinary royal.
Carlile made a science out of swimming
OBITUARY: Forbes Carlile, who died this week, was not above pushing his own body to its limits to see what he could ask others to do.
The forgotten prince who wanted to live his own life
PRINCE William is one of the most popular royals, after his son George, but back in the ’60s it was another Prince William who was grabbing the attention
Life, love and death under swastika reign of terror
LIFE in Paris deteriorated when France capitulated to Germany in 1940. Laws prohibited women from working without their husband’s permission or holding their own bank accounts, but providing for children and relatives fell to the women of Paris.
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