Elvis Presley made his first public appearance as a singer on this day. It did not go well: he came fifth in a local talent show. But he was only ten years old. October 3, 1945; Chopin: The Day the Music Died.
1927 - Birth of Israr Ali; cricket pace bowler (Pakistan in four Tests 1952-59). 1927 - Birth of Lord Bathurst; English earl/large landowner/multi-millionaire. 1927 - Birth of Roland Verhavert; Flemish screen writer (Sea Gulls Die in the Harbor). 1928 - Six children die and ten injured...
1964 Rolling Stones 1st US concert tour debuts in Lynn, Mass 1969 Australian aircraft carrier "Melbourne" slices US destroyer "Frank E Evans" in half, killing 74 (South Vietnam) 1991 45th Tony Awards: Lost in Yonkers & Will Rogers Follies win 1899 Black Americans observed day of fasting to...
Births On This Day, December 20 1976 Aubrey Huff American baseball player 1966 Matt Neal English race car driver 1946 Uri Geller Israeli psychic 1905 Bill O'Reilly Australian cricketer 1868 Harvey Samuel Firestone American businessman, founded the Firestone Tire, Rubber Company Deaths On This Day,...
1942 - The Japanese attack Darwin, Australia in the largest attack by a foreign power on that country. USS Peary (DD 226), as well as an Army transport and freighter sink in the raid, as well as a number of Australian and British vessels. ...
Certainly it was a measured expression of their wish for constitutional recognition of their place in the history of the Australian continent, a position of respect and fairness in Australian society, and a say in their own affairs. Reasonable requests!
Death cap mushrooms are exploiting our interconnected world to start popping up in unexpected, new places. And it's not the only fungus taking advantage.
In 2007, Agganis Arena was a swirling mass of color featuring lasers, movies and animations, a kaleidoscopic lightshow, and even inflatables as The Australian Pink Floyd Show breezed through with their trademark inflatable kangaroo. Formed in 1988 in Adelaide, South Australia, this Pink Floyd trib...
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Through a close textual analysis of Seventeen and Dolly magazines and original oral history interviews, this article explores the role of Australian and American teen girl magazines in the sex education of teenage girls during this time. While these magazines existed in very different national ...