Wahine ferry met its fate in clash of storms
WHEN a tropical cyclone collided with a storm from the Antarctica in New Zealand in 1968 it resulted in a terrible maritime tragedy.
Today In History
H. G. Wells’ visions of future ‘uncannily accurate’
When Herbert Wells found himself with time on his hands he also had time on his mind, writing a story about a time traveller 130 years ago this month.
Betty Ford pushed for women’s rights
Former US first lady Betty Ford, who openly revealed her struggles with cancer and alcohol, was born 100 years ago.
Sky no limit for the Flying Dutchman
AMONG the students who watched their aircraft project crash in Germany in 1909 was a Dutchman who would go on to become a major force in aircraft.
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Australian bullet could have stopped Hitler at Fromelles
The battle of Fromelles cost Australia its highest number of casualties in a 24-hour period but achieved nothing.
There was a bear in there and an elephant as well
Fifty years ago actor Lorraine Bayly made her first regular TV appearances on a new children’s show called Play School. She stayed 10 years and here remembers some of the wilder highlights.
Uni dropout turned a timber business into aircraft empire
IN 15 years, Bill Boeing had quit making cabinets to command an air service flying planes, a business he established in a boat house near Seattle in Washington state 100 years ago today.
The welfare of animals has sparked centuries of debate
DESPITE the furore, government plans to ban greyhound racing are not the first attempt to prevent animal races in NSW, although the 1821 horse racing ban was to protect spectators against cruelty and injuries in drunken racecourse brawls.
How Dr Spock gave parents a new way to bring up baby
AMERICAN paediatrician Benjamin Spock’s The Common Sense Book of Baby and Child Care sparked a child-raising revolution after its publication 70 years ago tomorrow.
‘Lady Death’ sniper made 309 kills after young comrade shot
UKRAINIAN Lyudmila Pavlichenko was credited with 309 sniper kills against German invaders, but US journalists criticised the war heroine for looking overweight in her uniform, and not wearing make-up.
Reg Varney’s long bus ride
LOVE him or loathe him, Reg Varney’s leering Cockney bus driver Stan Butler was an instant hit when BBC TV presenter David Frost’s “highbrow” consortium began entertaining Londoners in 1968.
Great walls of fire as Ultimo heritage went up in smoke
GREAT walls of fire that illuminated the city’s western skyline 24 years ago, destroying a heritage-listed monument to Sydney’s maritime past, were the watershed in Ultimo’s pending transformation.
Young journalist flew higher than she could have dreamt
NOEL Neill became an inspiration to generations of women as the strong-willed, inquisitive journalist and love interest for Superman.
Travel hopes soared as first airship crossed Atlantic
THE R34, the first airship to cross the Atlantic, was based on a captured German war dirigible, which was designed by Ferdinand von Zeppelin, born 178 years ago today.
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