By half time, it looked like it was all over for Carlton. Another good year for them, but on the day, Collingwood had them outmatched. Minutes before the end of the second quarter, Jesaulenko marked over Jenkin (in what would become one of the game’s most iconic images), but it availed the Blues little....
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1970 – Alex Jesaulenko marks over Graeme Jenkin in the 1970 VFL Grand Final
1970 – The Nigerian civil war ends with Biafra’s surrender
In 1960, Nigeria acheived independence from the British Empire. Following independence, Nigeria was divided primarily along ethnic lines and in January 1966, members of the Igbo ethnic group began a military rebellion, intending to secede from Nigeria and form an independent sovereign state as the Republic of Biafra. The official secession was proclaimed in...
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