Today in History – December 13: Escapees left taunting message before crime spree
Seven prisoners escaped from a maximum security prison in the US on December 13, 2000, triggering ...
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Today in History – December 6: Bikies paid in beer cause mayhem and violence at massive rock festival
What was intended on being a free concert based around peace and love turned into a ...
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Today in History – November 27: Frank Sinatra arrested on an arcane charge
Years before he became the biggest singer in the world, Frank Sinatra was arrested on an ...
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Today in History – November 25: The most unusual inmate on notorious island prison
On November 25, 1959, one of the best-known prisoners on the infamous US island prison Alcatraz ...
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Today in History – November 24: Hijacker jumps out of plane with a million-dollar ransom
Few people noticed the smartly dressed man at Portland airport in the north-western US on November ...
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Today in History – November 16: Power company file clerk catches bomber who terrorised New York for years
George Metesky placed the first of his 33 bombs in New York City on November 16, ...
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Today in History – November 14: Torpedo mistakenly fired at ship with president aboard
US President Franklin Roosevelt came close to dying in a massive explosion thanks to a serious ...
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Today in History – November 10: Did rogue waves sink this giant ship?
On November 10, 1975, the most famous of thousands of ships that have gone down in ...
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Today in History – October 29: The only thing easier than the jewel heist was the manhunt
Millions of dollars' worth of precious stones were stolen from a New York museum in what ...
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Today in History – October 24: How a family saloon was turned into a murder machine
On October 24, 2002, police in the eastern US arrested two snipers after their month-long shooting ...
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