Busby Babes perished in Munich plane crash
Slush on a runway thwarted two take off attempts before a third sent the British European Airways plane skidding to a fiery end. The crash robbed Manchester United of some of its best players.
Today In History
Space oddities that paved the way for man
A Tesla car ‘driven’ by a dummy is now on a mission to Mars, is just one of the many unusual things that have been sent into space to test the capability of rockets.
Hinkler waited 10 years for first epic solo flight
Ninety years ago an Australian aviator took off from a London airfield and flew his way in history
Thousands saw Empire Games opening at SCG
A CROWD of 35,000 watched 600 athletes from 15 nations parade at Sydney Cricket Ground to open the 1938 British Empire Games.
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The Ghost Who Walks turns 80
HE is “the man who cannot die” so it’s not surprising comic book hero The Phantom turns 80 today. However, he is actually much, much older.
Sydney’s Town Hall built on colonial burial ground
In September 1792, four years after the First Fleet arrived, Governor Arthur Phillip and Reverend Richard Johnson chose the “Town Hall” site for the internment of the dead.
The day the penny finally dropped
Valentine’s Day is a time to celebrate romance, but in 1966 Australia started a new relationship with dollars and cents after breaking up with pounds, shillings and pence.
Tales of the lost and found
A YOUNG Brisbane man, who went missing 16 years ago and was found alive in England last week, is one of many cases where people simply vanish only to reappear many years later.
Yetis, yowies and other tall tales
A video circulating this week of a white ape-like creature wandering in the Spanish Pyrenees has reignited the debate of the existence of abominable snowmen. Is it real or just another hoax?
‘I caught an STD from Miss New York on a trampoline’
In the decades Nick Nolte spent fabricating a public persona, one thing he didn’t lie about was his age: the rugged, blond former model voted Sexiest Man Alive in 1992 turns 75 today.
Rush for gold leaves enduring legacy
As 865,000 Australians who claimed Chinese ancestry in the 2011 Census prepare to celebrate Chinese New Year this weekend, Sydney’s first Chinese migrant, carpenter Ahuto, arrived as a free settler in 1803.
Lord knows the truth of Lucan’s disappearance
The story of what happened to Lord Lucan has fascinated people since he vanished without a trace in 1974. Now, after more than 40 years, the British High Court has officially declared him dead.
Is the truth really out there?
The return of sci-fi series The X-Files has reignited our obsession with whether “the truth is out there”. The CIA recently published its UFO files online, encouraging people to “take a peek into our X-Files”.
The weird and wacky who ran for the White House
Donald Trump seems almost normal compared to some of the other weirdos who have tried to make it to the White House.
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