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 Saturday, 27 January 1945, The Soviet Red Army liberates Auschwitz.
On Saturday, 27 January 1945, The Holocaust: The Soviet Red Army liberates the Auschwitz and Birkenau concentration camps.
On Sunday, 27 January 1980, Frank Nugan of the failed Nugan Hand Bank is found dead at the wheel of his Mercedes by police at Lithgow.
On Sunday, 27 January 1980, Canadian Caper: Six United States diplomats, posing as Canadians, manage to escape from Tehran, Iran, as they board a flight to Zürich, Switzerland, on Swissair.
On Saturday, 27 January 1990, A riot breaks out at a Brisbane jail.
On Saturday, 27 January 1990, Steffi Gras wins the Australian Open Tennis Championship.
On Saturday, 27 January 1990, The city of Tiraspol in the Moldavian SSR briefly declares independence.
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