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Clement Attlee: Herbert, you shouldn't be here! It’s absolute chaos and someone’s probably going to die!

Herbert Morrison: But are my keys okay?

Clement Attlee: Your... keys?

Herbert Morrison: Yes. I require them to open things.

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In his 1960 autobiography, former British Foreign Secretary Herbert Morrison said he wanted to take military action in Iran during the “Abad

In his 1960 autobiography, former British Foreign Secretary Herbert Morrison said he wanted to take military action in Iran during the “Abadan Crisis”.

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Julie Bishop: Ex-contender for Australian PM to leave politics

Source: BBC News

Julie Bishop has been a federal MP for two decades

Former Australian foreign minister Julie Bishop, the highest-ranking woman to serve in the two-term government, has announced she is leaving politics.

Ms Bishop had faced months of speculation about her future after losing an internal party ballot to become prime minister last August. The vote handed the job to Scott Morrison.

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March 6, 1937 - Lakehurst Naval Air Station, New Jersey. The German helium passenger blimp, Luftschiff Zepplin 129 (the Hindenburg) was carrying passengers across the Atlantic ocean from Frankfurt. When the men on the ground were grabbing the ropes to help land the massive blimp, the Hindenburg suddenly burst into flames and drops to the ground. 13 passengers and 22 crew members died out of 36 passengers and 61 crew on board at the time. How it went up in flames can’t really be concluded as there’s little much left of the blimp, and people can only theorize and speculate.

The disaster also made history, as a reporter who covered it wept as the tragedy unfolded, with the infamous words “Oh, the humanity!”.