Anniversaries and commemorations come and go daily. Most of us, even the best historians, miss most occasions. If we think of history as events then we are faced with a continually showering in the grains of sand. Nevertheless, we do pick out certain patterns in the remembrance of historical dates. The blog here reminds us of some dates where the local, state, national, and global perspectives entwine.
What Time is It? It is flow of a sandstorm that will on each day compress somewhere into a structure – sandstone, selected and only remembered in the longue durée.
| Wednesday, 13 February 1946 | Joe Estevez born, American actor |
| Wednesday, 13 February 1946 | Colin Matthews born, British composer |
| Monday, 13 February 1961 | The Congo government announces that villagers have killed Patrice Lumumba. |
| Monday, 13 February 1961 | Henry Rollins born, American musician and activist |
| Monday, 13 February 1961 | Arthur Ripley died, American film director (b. 1897) |
| Saturday, 13 February 1971 | Vietnam War: Backed by American air and artillery support, South Vietnamese troops invade Laos. |
| Saturday, 13 February 1971 | Mats Sundin born, Swedish ice hockey player |
| Saturday, 13 February 1971 | Emil Fuchs died, German theologian (b. 1874) |
| Friday, 13 February 1981 | Durahim Jamaluddin born, Malaysian footballer (d. 2018) |
| Wednesday, 13 February 1991 | Junior Roqica born, Australian-Fijian rugby league player |
| Wednesday, 13 February 1991 | Gulf War: Two laser-guided “smart bombs” destroy an underground bunker in Baghdad, killing hundreds of Iraqis. United States military intelligence claims it was a military facility but Iraqi officials identify it as a bomb shelter. |
| Wednesday, 13 February 1991 | Arno Breker died, German sculptor (b. 1900) |
| Tuesday, 13 February 1996 | Martin Balsam died, American actor (b. 1919) |
| Tuesday, 13 February 2001 | A 6.6 magnitude earthquake hits El Salvador, killing at least 400. |
| Saturday, 13 February 2016 | Federal Opposition Leader Bill Shorten announces plans to change negative gearing and the capital gains tax discount if the Australian Labor Party wins the next federal election. |
| Saturday, 13 February 2016 | Trifon Ivanov died, Bulgarian footballer (b. 1965) |
| Saturday, 13 February 2016 | Slobodan Santrač died, Serbian football player and manager (b. 1946) |
| Saturday, 13 February 2016 | Antonin Scalia died, American Supreme Court Justice (b. 1936) |
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Neville Buch
Professional Historian at Professional Historians Association (Queensland) Inc.
Neville Buch (Pronounced Book) Ph.D. is a certified member of the Professional Historians Association (Queensland). Since 2010 he has operated a sole trade business in history consultancy. He was a Q ANZAC 100 Fellow 2014-2015 at the State Library of Queensland. Dr Buch was the PHA (Qld) e-Bulletin, the monthly state association’s electronic publication, and was a member of its Management Committee. He is the Managing Director of the Brisbane Southside History Network.
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