45 years ago today, a bomb exploded outside Sydney's Hilton Hotel. A memorial service today remembered three people killed by the explosive device hidden in a garbage bin outside the hotel, where Commonwealth leaders were meeting. READ MORE: 9News
Australia's first Antarctic base, Mawson Station, was founded on February 13, 1954.
Puyi was forced to abdicate after a mutiny from the army garrison, and then was reinstated to the throne five years later in a reign that lasted 12 days.In 1931 he was installed as a puppet leader of Japanese-controlled Manchuria, a role for which he was despised by locals. Getting lost in Peking, he told passers-by: "I'm Puyi, the last Emperor of the Qing dynasty. I'm staying with relatives and can't find my way home."
Four men were found guilty, but were released because of a legal technicality. The arresting UK officers had entered Norway under false identities.Anarchist Emile Henry detonated a bomb in the middle of one of Paris' most popular cafes on February 12, 1894.
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