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.
| 19 February 1846 | The newly formed Texas state government is officially installed in Austin. |
| 19 February 1896 | Braamfontein Explosion: A train carrying 56 tons of dynamite explodes at Braamfontein, Johannesburg, killing more than 78 people. |
| 19 February 1896 | André Breton born, French writer (d. 1966) |
| Tuesday, 19 February 1946 | Karen Silkwood born, American activist (d. 1974) |
| Tuesday, 19 February 1946 | Rafael Erich died, Finnish politician died, professor and diplomat, 6th Prime Minister of Finland (b. 1879) |
| Friday, 19 February 1971 | Lisa McCune born, actress and singer |
| Friday, 19 February 1971 | Richard Green born, golfer |
| Friday, 19 February 1971 | Gil Shaham born, Israeli/American violinist |
| Friday, 19 February 1971 | Edwin North McClellan died, United States Marine Corps officer, author and historian (b. 1881) |
| Tuesday, 19 February 1991 | Trevor Bayne born, American race car driver |
| Tuesday, 19 February 1991 | Ariel Alexandria Davis born, American actress |
| Monday, 19 February 1996 | Rob Borbidge becomes Premier of Queensland and Joan Sheldon becomes Deputy Premier after Independent MP Liz Cunningham declares her support for the Coalition. Peter Beattie becomes Labor leader, with Jim Elder as deputy. |
| Monday, 19 February 2001 | The 2001 United Kingdom foot-and-mouth outbreak begins. |
| Monday, 19 February 2001 | Stanley Kramer died, American film director (b. 1913) |
| Friday, 19 February 2016 | The New South Wales Land and Environment Court rejects a challenge to the Shenhua Watermark coal mine by the Upper Mooki community group, which had argued that the project was too great a threat to local koala populations. |
| Friday, 19 February 2016 | Umberto Eco died, Italian writer and philosopher (b. 1932) |
| Friday, 19 February 2016 | Harper Lee died, American writer (b. 1926) |
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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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