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Clare Stevenson (1903–1988) was the inaugural director of the Women's Auxiliary Australian Air Force (WAAAF), fro
May 1941 to March 1946. As such, she was described in 2001 as "the most significant woman in the history of the Air
Force". Formed as a branch of the Royal Australian Air Force in March 1941, the WAAAF was the first and largest
uniformed women's service in Australia during World War II. Born and educated in Victoria, Stevenson was an executive
with the Berlei company when she was appointed Director WAAAF. Initially ranked squadron officer, she rose to
become group officer by April 1942. Stevenson resumed her civilian career following her discharge from the Air Force in
1946. Long active in adult education and social welfare, she helped form aid organisations including the Carers Associati
of New South Wales (now Carers NSW) after retiring from Berlei in 1960. (Full article...)
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Five views of a laciniate conch shell

 ... that the laciniate conch (shell pictured) is able to flip itself off the seabed using its muscular foot?
 ... that Virginia Walker was signed to a Hollywood film contract on the basis of her picture in a magazine
advertisement for soap?
 ... that Scandinavian sagas were the first to use Eistland as a name for Estonia?
 ... that Enno Stephan's book Geheimauftrag Irland caused embarrassment in Ireland when it revealed details of Naz
espionage in the country?
 ... that The Other Side of Heaven 2: Fire of Faith was filmed in Fiji to take advantage of the country's 47-percent ta
rebate for films made there?
 ... that the Leeds-based software company Visionware represented a management buyout success story from the fail
of a once much larger British company?
 ... that after Caroline Pafford Miller won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for her first novel, she received a letter
from Margaret Mitchell saying that it was her "favorite book"?
 ... that rappers Future and Drake worked at McDonald's for a day?
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Bing Crosby
Eight albums from five different artists reached number one on the Billboard Best-
Selling Popular Record Chart in 1945. The chart was first published in the magazine
dated March 24, and included ten positions, "based on reports received from more than
200 dealers" throughout the United States. The first number-one album on the chart was
the King Cole Trio's self-titled debut, released by Capitol. It topped the charts for three
weeks, until it was replaced by the soundtrack of Song of Norway, an operetta written
by Robert Wright and George Forrest. Bing Crosby (pictured) was the only artist to have
two albums on top of the chart: Selections from Going My Way for six weeks, and Merry
Christmas for four weeks. King Cole Trio was the longest reigning album of the year, with
twelve weeks at number one, followed by Glenn Miller, with seven weeks. Albums released
by Decca topped the charts for a total of eighteen weeks, followed by Capitol at seventeen
weeks and Victor at nine weeks. (Full list...)
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at the imperial court of Augsburg, it is a tribute to Charl
Protestant armies of the Schmalkaldic League. The portr
in check, and Charles's brilliantly shining armour and th
elements – the horse, its caparison, and the rider's armou
the Royal Armoury of Madrid. In 1827, the painting was
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