Curtin began her writing career in the 1970s working on episodes of the popular television sitcom The Mary Tyler Moore Show.

In October 1941, the UAP was ousted by a no-confidence vote, the ALP leader John Curtin was invited to form a new government, and Menzies resigned as UAP leader.

Fadden stood down in favour of Labor leader John Curtin.

With the Pacific on the brink of war, Opposition leader John Curtin offered friendship and co-operation to Fadden, but refused to join in an all-party wartime national government.

Labor opposition leader John Curtin declined to join and Menzies lost his majority at the 1940 Election.

Unable to convince Curtin to join in a War Cabinet and facing growing pressure within his own party, Menzies resigned as Prime Minister and leader of the UAP on 29 August 1941.

His Prime Ministerial predecessor and 1943 election Coalition leader, Arthur Fadden of the Country Party wrote: " I do not care who knows it but in my opinion there was no greater figure in Australian public life in my lifetime than Curtin.

When Scullin resigned as Labor leader in 1935, Curtin was unexpectedly elected ( by just one vote ) to succeed him.

He was the only deputy Labor leader who served under three leaders ( Scullin, Curtin and Chifley ) until Jenny Macklin ( Crean, Latham and Beazley, 2001 – 06 ).

Gowrie then summoned Coles and Wilson and demanded that, if he commissioned opposition leader John Curtin as Prime Minister, they would support him and end the instability in government.

In October 1935 he voted in favour of sanctions against Italy over the Abyssinian crisis defying his leader John Curtin.

When Scullin retired as Labor leader in 1935, Holloway opposed Frank Forde's candidacy to succeed him, on the grounds that Forde has supported the Premiers ' Plan, and threw the support of left-wing members of Caucus to John Curtin, who won the Caucus ballot by one vote.

When Curtin died in 1945 Holloway again opposed Forde's leadership bid, helping to ensure that Ben Chifley, like himself an ex-trade unionist, was elected leader.

The leader of the United Australia Party, Hughes had particularly worried Prime Minister John Curtin by frequently and publicly excoriating US General Douglas Macarthur, who was commanding the Allied forces in the Pacific.

Curtin addressed the nation on the radio: " Men and women of Australia.

The Prime Minister John Curtin gave this broadcast to the nation on 25 July 1944.

For example, one point of the release stated that bushfire logistical support staging areas were being relocated from Bulls Head and Orroral Valley ( far outside urban Canberra ) to the North Curtin District Playing Fields ( far inside urban Canberra ) signalling both a major retreat by fire fighters and pointing to imminent danger to the city itself.

In Curtin, the ESA headquarters was in danger from the fires.

MacArthur said of Curtin that " the preservation of Australia from invasion will be his immemorial monument ".

At the request of Pennsylvania Governor Andrew G. Curtin, Reynolds was given command of the Pennsylvania Militia during General Robert E. Lee's invasion of Maryland.

During the weeks preceding the invasion, the Allied forces suffered a number of both subdued and openly disruptive disagreements amongst its senior commanders, as well as pressure from the Australian Prime Minister, John Curtin.

During the invasion of Pennsylvania by the Confederate States Army under Robert E. Lee in the summer of 1863, Hiester was commissioned a major in the Pennsylvania Militia by Governor Andrew Curtin and raised 8, 000 troops for the defense of Pennsylvania.

Although a plan to prioritise defence in the vital industrial regions between Brisbane and Melbourne in the event of invasion had been proposed in February 1942, it was rejected by Labor Prime Minister John Curtin and the Australian War Cabinet.

Labor led by John Curtin refused Menzies ' offer to form a war coalition, and also opposed using the Australian army for a European war, preferring to keep it at home to defend Australia.

Curtin died in office in 1945 and was succeeded by Ben Chifley.

* In the 2007 film Curtin, he was portrayed by Bille Brown.

The government won a third term at the 1937 election, with 44 of 74 seats and 50. 6 percent of the two-party preferred vote against a reunited Labor Party led by John Curtin.

Most Hanna-Barbera series through 1985 had original theme music by Hoyt Curtin, with lyrics ( when used ) by Hanna and Barbera themselves.

The studio's first original scores were written by Curtin for a short-lived theatrical cartoon series, Loopy De Loop, distributed by Columbia Pictures.

The Smurfs featured music based on classical themes, re-arranged by Curtin.

The 1962 episode " A Date With Jet Screamer ", in which daughter Judy Jetson wins a date with a rock star, provided the song " Eep Opp Ork Ah-Ah ( Means I Love You )" written by Hoyt Curtin, William Hanna and Joseph Barbera, sung by Howard Morris.

The series ' theme song, by composer Hoyt Curtin, became a pop hit in 1986.

In May 2010, McKean won the Celebrity Jeopardy tournament by defeating Jane Curtin and Cheech Marin.

The cienega itself is managed by the Santa Fe Botanical Garden as the Leonora Curtin Wetland Preserve.

* Memoirs of Jeremiah Curtin in the Indian Territory ethnographer's narrative of 1883 visit to Muskogee's early settlement maintained by Library of Congress, accessed January 15, 2007.

Boggs Township is bordered by Curtin and Howard Townships to the northeast, Marion and Spring Townships to the southeast, Union Township to the southwest, and Snow Shoe Township to the northwest.

Burnside Township is bordered by Clearfield County to the northwest, Clinton County to the north, Curtin Township to the east and Snow Shoe Township to the southeast.

Curtin Township is bordered by Clinton County to the north and east, Liberty Township to the east, Howard Township to the south and Boggs, Show Shoe and Burnside Townships to the west.

Howard Township is bordered by Curtin Township to the northwest, Liberty Township to the northeast, Marion Township to the southeast and Boggs Township to the southwest.

Liberty Township is bordered by Clinton County to the northeast, Marion Township to the southeast and Howard and Curtin Townships to the southwest.

The township is bordered by Burnside Township to the northwest, Curtin Township to the northeast, Boggs and Union Townships to the southeast and Rush Township and Clearfield County to the southwest.

The federal electorate has returned Labor members continuously since 1934, including former Prime Minister John Curtin, and is currently represented by Melissa Parke.

Billy Hughes, John Curtin, and the Governor-General of Australia Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester in Canberra, 1945 Billy Hughes in 1945 aged 83, seven years before his deathBust of Billy Hughes by sculptor Wallace Anderson located in the Prime Ministers Avenue in the Ballarat Botanical Gardens