June 28, 1861 — Burke and Wills die in the Australian outback
Robert O’Hara Burke and William John Wills led an expedition of 18 men with the intention of crossing Australia from...
October 29, 2020
Australian Crawl
June 20, 1909 — Errol Flynn is born
Errol Leslie Thomson Flynn was born in Hobart, Tasmania. His parents were Theodore Thomson Flynn, a professor of biology at...
January 9, 2020
March 29, 1912 — Scott of the Antarctic writes the final entry in his diary
It’s really not clear when exactly Robert Falcon Scott – better known as Scott of the Antarctic – actually died....
December 24, 2019
December 26, 1935 — “Captain Blood” premieres
The 1935 adaptation of Rafael Sabatini’s 1922 novel, “Captain Blood” was the second film version of the story, after a...
May 4, 2019
January 27, 1961 — Soviet submarine S-80 is lost with all hands in the Arctic Sea
Originally launched on October 21, 1950 at Krasnoye Sormovo Factory in Gorky, the S-80 was a Whiskey Class submarine, and...
November 4, 2017
August 18, 1979 — Singer James Reyne is hit by a car
So imagine this: it’s the day before your band’s big debut. Your first single is doing well on the charts,...
July 14, 2015
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