27 January 1974 Posted on January 26, 2013 by Staff The Brisbane River breaches its banks to cause the largest flood to affect the city of Brisbane in Australia. Famous Words of Inspiration..."Philosophers, for the most part, are constitutionally timid, and dislike the unexpected. Few of them would be genuinely happy as pirates or burglars. Accordingly they invent systems which make the future calculable, at least in its main outlines." Bertrand Russell — Click here for more from Bertrand Russell Related posts: 24 December 1974 18 March 1974 3 April 1974 6 April 1974 17 May 1974 30 October 1974 27 January 2002