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.
On Wednesday, 24 January 1945, WWII: AP war correspondent Joseph Morton, nine OSS men, and four SOE agents are executed by the Germans at Mauthausen concentration camp under Hitler’s Commando Order of 1942 which stipulates the immediate execution of all captured Allied commandos or saboteurs without trial, even those in proper uniforms. Morton is the only Allied correspondent to be executed by the Axis during the war.
On Sunday, 24 January 1960, A major insurrection occurs in Algiers against French colonial policy.
On Thursday, 24 January 1980, The first section of Melbourne’s underground railway loop is opened.
On Thursday, 24 January 1980, The Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad is ordered liquidated due to bankruptcy and debt owed to creditors.
On Wednesday, 24 January 1990, An Australian is shot dead in Bougainville.
On Wednesday, 24 January 1990, A fireworks explosion occurs at an amusement park on the New South Wales Central Coast.
On Saturday, 24 January 2015, The families of Bali Nine members Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran make a televised plea for clemency against the death penalty.
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