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.
| 24 May 1896 | Fernando Soler born, Mexican actor, director, screenwriter, and producer (d. 1979) |
| 24 May 1896 | Luigi Federico Menabrea died, Italian soldier, statesman (b. 1809) |
| Tuesday, 24 May 1921 | The first general election, for the new Parliament of Northern Ireland, is held. |
| Friday, 24 May 1946 | Nicolau dos Reis Lobato born, East Timorese politician born, acting President of East Timor (d. 1978) |
| Wednesday, 24 May 1961 | Civil rights movement: Freedom Riders are arrested in Jackson, Mississippi for “disturbing the peace” after disembarking from their bus. |
| Monday, 24 May 1971 | Emily Hamilton born, British actress |
| Sunday, 24 May 1981 | Jaime Roldós Aguilera died, 33rd President of Ecuador (b. 1940) |
| Sunday, 24 May 1981 | Penny Taylor born, Australian baseball player |
| Sunday, 24 May 1981 | A. Thiagarajah died, Sri Lankan Tamil teacher and politician (b. 1916) |
| Sunday, 24 May 1981 | Jack Warner died, British actor (b. 1895) |
| Friday, 24 May 1991 | Authorised by Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir, Operation Solomon commences. |
| Friday, 24 May 1991 | Erika Umeda born, Japanese singer |
| Friday, 24 May 1991 | Gene Clark died, American singer-songwriter (b. 1944) |
| Friday, 24 May 1996 | Prime Minister John Howard indicates that he may have to drop some of his election promises because of budget constraints. |
| Friday, 24 May 1996 | Jacob Druckman died, American composer (b. 1928) |
| Friday, 24 May 1996 | Joseph Mitchell died, American writer (b. 1908) |
| Friday, 24 May 1996 | Enrique Álvarez Félix died, Mexican actor (b. 1934) |
| Thursday, 24 May 2001 | Former HIH Insurance director, Rodney Adler fights an attempt to freeze his assets. |
| Thursday, 24 May 2001 | Sherpa Temba Tsheri, 16, becomes the youngest person to summit Mount Everest. |
| Thursday, 24 May 2001 | The Versailles wedding hall disaster kills 23 and injures 380 others in Jerusalem, Israel. |
| Thursday, 24 May 2001 | Darren Espanto born, Filipino singer and performer |
| Thursday, 24 May 2001 | Javier Urruticoechea died, Spanish footballer (b. 1952) |
| Tuesday, 24 May 2016 | Lewis Fiander died, actor |
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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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