April 3, 33 CE — Jesus dies upon the Cross
After his betrayal, trials, scourging, being forced to wear a crown of thorns and carry his cross through the city...
July 29, 2022
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April 29, 1945 — Adolf Hitler marries Eva Braun
Eva Braun first met Adolf Hitler in 1929, when she was only 17 years old. At the time, she was...
October 19, 2018
December 9, 1967 — Jim Morrison dragged from the stage by the police
Jim Morrison’s first, and second most notorious, arrest.
February 12, 2017
February 10, 1968 — Andy Warhol introduces the concept of 15 minutes of fame
Andy Warhol understood one thing about the general acceleration of life and culture in the self-reinforcing media spiral of the...
January 24, 2017
July 21, 1969 — Armstrong and Aldrin walk on the Moon
Really, what needs to be said? Armstrong, Aldrin and Collins took off from the Kennedy Space Center, near Cape Canaveral,...
November 29, 2016
September 18, 1970 — Jimi Hendrix dies
Widely acclaimed as the greatest guitar player of all time, Jimi Hendrix was only 27 years old when he died....
October 9, 2016
September 26, 1970 — Alex Jesaulenko marks over Graeme Jenkin in the 1970 VFL Grand Final
By half time, it looked like it was all over for Carlton. Another good year for them, but on the...
September 24, 2016
July 29, 1974 — Mama Cass dies
Ellen Naomi Cohen, better known to the world as Mama Cass, was only 32 years old when she died. Mama...
November 24, 2015
May 1979 — The Boys Next Door release “Shivers”
It’s unabashedly a good thing that Nick Cave decided that suicide really didn’t suit his style. From relatively inauspicious beginnings,...
August 4, 2015
February 19, 1980 – Bon Scott dies
The legendary lead singer of AC/DC from 1973 to 1980, Ronald Belford ‘Bon’ Scott was one of Australia’s greatest ever...
June 14, 2015
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