UNSOLVED: The Day Australia’s Prime Minister Harold Holt Vanished While Swimming In The Ocean
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UNSOLVED: The Day Australia’s Prime Minister Harold Holt Vanished While Swimming In The Ocean

Ashe Schow

Australian Prime Minister Harold Holt went swimming at Cheviot Beach, Victoria, on December 17, 1967, and was never seen again, sparking a mystery that continues to this day.

Holt was elected prime minister in January 1966, and served for less than two years before he disappeared without a trace. On that fateful day, Holt, who loved the ocean and spearfishing, convinced a group of friends to go swimming at the remote Cheviot Beach, a beach he claimed to know “like the back of my hand.”

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