Angry crowds decided it ‘just wasn’t cricket’
Australia’s star wicketkeeper Bert Oldfield was left with a fractured skull by English fast-bowler Harold Larwood in the hostile 1932-33 bodyline Test.
Today In History
Arab firebrand Nasser ‘killed’ British Empire
IN what came to signify the end of United Kingdom’s international power, on July 26, 1956, Egyptian president Gamal Abdel Nasser seized the Suez Canal from its French and UK owners.
Pioneer aviators NZ flight still a mystery
As the search ramped up for the New Zealand airmen attempting the first flight across the Tasman, the aviator who lost the toss to fyl with John “Scotty” Moncrieff insisted they had landed.
Fresh-faced swimming champs stole summer
SIXTY years ago fresh-faced teens “the Konrads Kids” stole summer, toppling swim records at championships at North Sydney.
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Star Wars coup ensured Force was with Lucas
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Poetry in numbers for world’s first computer programmer
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Sting in the bunny tail for Playboy’s earliest nudes
Playboy will soon be leaving the era of nude models behind but the first few models didn’t even know they were being made into bunnies
The deep returns a king’s ransom in sunken treasures
The San Jose shipwreck discovery is said to be the most valuable maritime treasure ever found
Star Wars’ greatest twist almost didn’t happen
Had producer George Lucas stuck with the original script, Star Wars Episode V would have been a very different film to the one released in May 1980.
Flight 19 lost in great mystery of the Bermuda Triangle
“Something happened out there,” Florida congressman Clay Shaw told political colleagues a decade ago. “To this day, Flight 19 remains one of the great aviation mysteries.”
Rich rewards for disposing of their wealth
While most magnates leave money to be given away in their will, some gave it away while they were still alive
Japanese prince dared speak against war and his emperor
When the dust of World War II began to settle Japan’s Prince Takahito escaped royal duties into a quiet life as a scholar.
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