One hundred years ago,Prince Albert,Duke of York,and Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon were married in Westminster Abbey.
It was what failed to happen that was most disconcerting to Australia’s cricketers on their first day in London. The British press was uncharacteristically generous,full of praise over team selection and effusively complimentary on the Australians’ dress sense.
Sixty years ago,thousands braved the rain to watch as ex-Servicemen and women from the Boer War,two world wars,Korea and Malaya marched through Sydney.
On Anzac Day 100 years ago,the nation paused and thought in sorrow and pride of Australia’s gallant sons who died on Gallipoli’s shore just eight years earlier.
In 1992,Australian entertainer,Barry Humphries,was in Melbourne to promote his autobiography,‘More Please’. He talked to The Age’s Larry Shwartz about his mother,the cringe and why he wrote that book.
The Herald headed down to Sydney Showground for a hot dog and a ride on the giant slippery dip at the Royal Easter Show.
In 1993,Victoria’s latest people-mover,the new high-speed country commuter train — dubbed the Sprinter — was running around the state’s railway tracks... full of sandbags.
The Herald met Malisa Saymontry - the daughter of Laotian refugees - at an exhibition designed to teach Indo-chinese young people about their origins.
April 21st marks 105 years since the death of the First World War German ace,Baron Manfred von Richthofen. The matter of who shot the Red Barron is a controversy that remains unresolved to this day. Research suggests Australian anti-aircraft gunners were responsible but perhaps everyone who fired a shot at the distinctive red Fokker Dr1 triplane during the aerial dogfight over Allied lines has a claim the kill.
What does it take to make lunch for Premier Zhao Ziyang,the second-most powerful man in China? The Herald headed down to Sydney’s Tai Yuen Palace to find out.
In 1998,a manhunt was underway in Melbourne after a man shot two transit police in Box Hill and then abducted a woman,forcing her to drive to Carlton,escaping before dozens of heavily armed police arrived.