Australian Prime Minister Harold Holt Disappeared

Harold Holt was only 59 years old when he went missing and yet he had already served a lifetime in service to Australia's government. After having spent 32 years in Parliament, he became Australia's Prime Minister in January 1966. However, his tenure as Prime Minister was very short; he had been Prime Minister for only 22 months when he went for a swim on that fateful day in December 1967.

On December 17, 1967, Holt went with a few friends to Cheviot Beach (near Portsea in Melbourne), as he had done on numerous other weekends. It was one of his favorite places to relax, to swim, and to spearfish. Although the waters were extremely rough, Holt still went into the ocean for a swim. Perhaps he had become complacent about the dangers of the ocean since he had a long history of swimming at this location or perhaps he didn't realize quite how rough the water really was that day.

He might have been eaten by a shark. Or maybe he was assassinated by secret agents from the Soviet Union. Of course, he could have possibly been picked up by a Chinese submarine. Others have said that he might have committed suicide or been picked up by a UFO. Such were the rumors and conspiracy theories that ran rampant after the disappearance of Harold Holt, Australia's 17th Prime Minister, on December 17, 1967.

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