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This Day in History April 19 1775 The American Revolutionary War begins as 400 British troops clash with 77 armed minutemen in Lexington, Massachusetts—it becomes known as “the shot heard ‘round the world” 1897 The first Boston Marathon is held, with John J. McDermott of New York winning the race—it has become the world’s most prestigious annual marathon 1919 Tense and complicated negotiations begin at the Paris Peace Conference over Italy’s claims to territory in the former Austro-Hungarian Empire—Italy would be disappointed by the results of the negotiations 1943 In Warsaw, Poland, during World War II, Nazi forces attempting to clear out the city’s Jewish ghetto are met by gunfire from Jewish resistance fighters, and the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising begins 1990 The TV movie Summer of Dreams: The Story of the Beach Boys premieres on ABC 1993 The FBI launches a tear-gas assault on the branch Davidian compound in Waco, Texas, ending a tense 51-day standoff between the federal government and an armed religious cult—by the end of the day, the compound was burned to the ground and 80 cult members, including 22 children, were dead 1995 A massive truck bomb explodes outside a federal building in Oklahoma City killing 168 people, including 19 young children who were in the building’s day- care center—the bombers were partly motivated by the Waco tragedy two years earlier 2012 Musician Greg Ham of Australian band Men at Work, best known for playing the saxophone on “Overkill” and “Who Can It Be Now” and the flute on “Down Under,” dies of a heart attack at his home in Melbourne at age 58 2020 A gunman disguised as a police officer goes on a 13-hour rampage in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, shooting people in their homes and setting fires—with 22 dead, it is Canada’s largest mass shooting in history 2020 More than a thousand vehicles drive around the Arizona State Capitol to protest Governor Doug Ducey’s stay-at-home policies during the coronavirus pandemic— health care workers show up to counter-protest 2020 Tex Earnhardt, the colorful founder of an Arizona car dealership empire, dies at age 89—he opened his first dealership in Chandler in 1951 2020 The first two episodes of the documentary series The Last Dance premiere on ESPN—the series chronicles Michael Jordan’s final season with the Chicago Bulls (1997-98) 2021 British actress Helen McCrory, who played Narcissa Malfoy in the Harry Potter movies, died of cancer on Saturday at age 52—her husband was British actor Damian Lewis 2021 Jurors hear closing arguments today in the murder trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, charged in last year’s death of George Floyd 2021 NASA makes history today with the first successful powered, controlled flight on another planet with the solar- powered Ingenuity Mars Helicopter 2021 All adults across the U.S. are eligible to receive a coronavirus vaccine beginning today—all adults in some states, including Arizona, were eligible before today.

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+ 10 Herald Sun, Saturday, April 21, 2012 heraldsun.com.au + NEWS FOR BREAKING NEWS heraldsun.com.au LYLE DIGS IN FOR THE Jarrod Lyle has it all — a loving wife, a new daughter and a promising career. But, as Aaron FIRST Langmaid reports, 10 once again cancer threatens to take it all away ARROD Lyle is ready for the fight of his life. A decade after conquering leukemia, J the Aussie golf pro has been forced to confront the devastating disease again. Just days after doctors delivered the terrible news, his beautiful baby daughter DHS 21-APR-2012 PAGE Lusi was born. Now he says he is desperate to beat his illness so he can always be there for K her. Yesterday he began a second gruelling course of Y chemotherapy. M This week he spoke for the first time of his joy at C fatherhood, and the challenges he faces. ‘‘I cried when I found out,’’ he says. ‘‘I just didn’t think I could do it all over again. But Lusi has given me a new reason to fight.’’ His first round of chemo was delayed so he could be there for the birth. FB123 Little Lusi Joy has granted him the perspective only a daughter can, making sense, if possible, of tumultuous emotions — happiness at having created confronts every single ‘‘I just didn’t think I could right now,’’ he says. Northern Trust Open life, etched deep cancer patient. do it all over again.’’ Married in December, in Riviera. with the fear of ‘‘This could be the end,’’ He first fought the disease Jarrod and Briony have Lyle is nonchalant about losing it.
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In the Early 1980S, a Catchy Flute Riff Helped to Propel Men at Work's Down Under to the Top of Pop Charts Across the Globe. B
the biggest hit In the early 1980s, a catchy flute riff helped to propel Men at Work’sDown Under to the top of pop charts across the globe. But nearly 30 years later, as a legal battle over the tune’s origin came to a head, the very success of the song was to have tragic implications. ByDavid Leser. bob king collection 12 GoodWeekend july 21, 2012 Cover story the biggest hit welve years ago, in the rapture of Embarrassed to be seen in public, mortified by the 2000 Olympics closing ceremony, the allegations of musical theft, Ham had become you could almost feel the elation increasingly unwell and depressed. He had sepa- sweeping the globe when Men at rated, albeit on good terms, from his wife, Linda Work’s Greg Ham offered up his Wostry, 12 years earlier and had also suffered the immortal flute riff on Down Under loss of his father and sister. He continued to see to a television audience of nearly his two adored children, Camille and Max, occa- four billion, and a capacity crowd of sionally had old mates over for dinner – lamb Operator on the A-side and an early version of 110,000 mostly dancing souls inside Sydney’s shanks, stews, bread-and-butter puddings, all the Down Under on the B-side. But it was Who Can Olympic Stadium. home-made fare he loved to serve – but his reclu- It Be Now?, their second single, about a paranoid On that golden millennial night, Ham stood siveness had become conspicuous and worrying.
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