He was here a minute ago.

Harold Holt, prime Minister of Australia from January 26, 1966 till December 17, 1967, when he seemingly walked into the surf at Cheviot Beach and disappeared.

Not many heads of state do that you know. Many have been run from office, some shot at (successfully and not) and some have TRIED to hide, but Harold is the only one to simply go away.

Holt had only been in office a little less than a year, however his political career has spanned almost 30 years, with him holding cabinet posts for most of that time.

His disappearance sparked many a wacky theory including several having him as a spy for either or both China and the USSR. He was supposed to have swam out to a waiting submarine. Or faked his death to run off with another woman. Or abducted by UFO's. All sound plausible.

In the way life sticks one final joke your way, and you just can't figure out why, a swimming pool was named in his honour after his death, the Harold Holt Memorial Swimming Centre.