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.
| 16 April 1896 | Árpád Weisz born, Hungarian footballer (d. 1944) |
| Saturday, 16 April 1921 | Peter Ustinov born, English actor born, director (d. 2004) |
| Tuesday, 16 April 1946 | Margot Adler born, American journalist |
| Friday, 16 April 1971 | Peter Billingsley born, American actor born, director and producer |
| Friday, 16 April 1971 | Moses Chan born, Hong Kong actor |
| Friday, 16 April 1971 | Selena born, Mexican-American singer (d. 1995) |
| Friday, 16 April 1971 | William Eckert died, Commissioner of American baseball (b. 1909) |
| Thursday, 16 April 1981 | The New South Wales Government’s controversial election funding Bill is introduced into Parliament, provoking strong Opposition criticism. The Bill imposes stringent declaration conditions with political donations of more than $200, requiring a statement giving the name and address of donors. |
| Thursday, 16 April 1981 | Vico Thai born, actor |
| Tuesday, 16 April 1991 | David Lean died, English film director (b. 1908) |
| Tuesday, 16 April 1991 | [16–18 April] Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev begins the first ever visit of a Soviet leader to Japan, but fails to resolve the two countries’ dispute over ownership of the Kuril Islands. |
| Tuesday, 16 April 1996 | Anya Taylor-Joy born, American actress |
| Tuesday, 16 April 1996 | Lucille Bremer died, American actress and dancer (b. 1917) |
| Saturday, 16 April 2016 | Louis Pilot died, Luxembourgian football player and manager (b. 1940) |
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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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