The US military began a chaotic evacuation of citizens from Saigon, now known as Ho Chi Minh City, on April 29, 1975, in response to advancing North Vietnamese forces. Operation Frequent Wind was the ...

Marcia Langton started working on the Potter’s new exhibition 10 years ago. She doesn’t care if you don’t like it, but she ...

It wasn’t until 1770 that Lieutenant James Cook showed up, charted the east coast, and claimed it for Britain. He returned to London raving about Botany Bay (modern-day Sydney), and before you ...

He landed in Botany Bay on April 28, 1770, and he didn’t stay long ... No, Not Really The 26th was chosen as Australia Day for a different reason; however, Captain Cook’s landing was included in ...

The east coast of New Holland was claimed by British Captain James Cook in 1770 who renamed the land New South Wales. In due course, this led to the First Fleet landing at Botany Bay in 1888 and the ...

while landing early Monday morning. Officials said the 2019 HA-420 was attempting to land shortly after 6:00 a.m., when it skidded off the runway and into the bay. The aircraft was located ...