Stars who ran away to the circus
The circus has often lured people away from static lives to live the life of an itinerant performer
Today In History
Getty family refused to help kidnapped son
BILLIONAIRE John Paul Getty Sr was designing a museum to display his immense art collection when he was advised of the kidnapping of his grandson John Paul Getty III in 1973. But despite having “all the money in the world”, why did his family reluctantly pay the ransom?
Hillary conquered the South Pole by tractor
When Edmund Hillary arrived at the South Pole, some Brits were angry that they had been beaten to the pole again.
Anti-fascist hero Graf stood against Nazism
Handing out pamphlets at a university could be a dangerous thing in Nazi Germany, but Willi Graf did it as a matter of faith.
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Explorers first to establish Australia’s French connection
It is a rare sight to see the French flag flying above Sydney but history could have taken a very different turn.
Profiler identified New York’s Mad Bomber
It took 16 years but the first bomb set by George Metesky, 75 years ago today, shaped crime’s first psychological profile that quickly led to the arrest of New York’s Mad Bomber.
War turned on alliance forged by unsung trio
George VI, King of England, faces the greatest crisis the world has seen. It is a blustery afternoon in March 1941 and an ill wind blows across Great Britain as all the greatness is threatened by a Nazi invasion.
Shark deterrents: from human sacrifice to blood cakes
Throughout history people have tried many different things to keep the gnashing jaws of sharks from chomping on their bathers
Helmut Schmidt devoted career to healing wounds of war
Helmut Schmidt escaped forever being associated with a Nazi past to become known as the man who helped revive the reputation of Germany
World War I’s bullet-riddled road to peace
Silencing the guns on November 11, 1918, took many long days of negotiation, but they were not the first time a peaceful solution was sought during the Great War.
Death of banker unravelled a complex web of financial deceit
When a businessman was found dead at the wheel of his Mercedes in 1980 a complicated web of deceit was discovered.
The gateway to Sydney turns 100
IT was a symbol of the confidence of early 20th century Sydney and has survived declining fortunes and the wrecking ball to become one of the city’s most famous landmarks.
How French orphan Henri became a little digger
A small boy stole his way into an Australian army camp at Christmas in 1918 and ended up becoming part of an Australian soldier’s family
Snapshot of Britain before the bombs of World War II
Britain’s 1939 Register, which lists all its citizens from labourers to royalty, is finally available to those researching their family tree.
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