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.
| 13 April 1896 | Ira C. Eaker born, World War II United States Army Air Forces general (d. 1987) |
| Wednesday, 13 April 1921 | Max Harris born, writer (Angry Penguins) (died 1995) |
| Wednesday, 13 April 1921 | Dona Ivone Lara born, Brazilian singer born, composer (d. 2018) |
| Wednesday, 13 April 1921 | Leo Mogus born, American basketball player (d. 1971) |
| Thursday, 13 April 1961 | In Portugal, a coup attempt against António de Oliveira Salazar fails. |
| Tuesday, 13 April 1971 | Juhan Smuul died, Estonian writer (b. 1922) |
| Monday, 13 April 1981 | Courtney Peldon born, American actress |
| Monday, 13 April 1981 | Prince Yasuhiko Asaka of Japan (b. 1887) |
| Saturday, 13 April 1991 | Dylan Penn born, American model and actress |
| Wednesday, 13 April 2011 | Alan Noonan died, 63, Australian rules footballer |
| Wednesday, 13 April 2016 | Rex Patterson died, politician |
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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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