*Ø* Blogmanac | Mystery death of Australian PM might have inquest
"The 35-year-old mystery of Australian prime minister Harold Holt's disappearance while swimming may be re-examined by a coronial inquest, Victorian state officials said here.
"Holt, 59, vanished while swimming at Cheviot Beach, near Portsea on December 17, 1967, and after a three-week search it was presumed he had drowned and his body had been swept out to sea.
"Holt was a keen snorkeller and had often swum in the area where he went missing.
"Numerous Cold War conspiracy theories evolved, including the suggestion, never taken seriously by police, that he had been snatched by a Communist Chinese submarine ..."
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"The 35-year-old mystery of Australian prime minister Harold Holt's disappearance while swimming may be re-examined by a coronial inquest, Victorian state officials said here.
"Holt, 59, vanished while swimming at Cheviot Beach, near Portsea on December 17, 1967, and after a three-week search it was presumed he had drowned and his body had been swept out to sea.
"Holt was a keen snorkeller and had often swum in the area where he went missing.
"Numerous Cold War conspiracy theories evolved, including the suggestion, never taken seriously by police, that he had been snatched by a Communist Chinese submarine ..."
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