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 May 1846 | The Revolution of Maria da Fonte begins in Portugal (it is crushed by royalist troops on February 22, 1847). |
| Monday, 16 May 1921 | The Communist Party of Czechoslovakia is founded. |
| Monday, 16 May 1921 | Harry Carey born, Jr. born, American actor (d. 2012) |
| Thursday, 16 May 1946 | Robert Fripp born, British musician |
| Thursday, 16 May 1946 | Bruno Tesch died, German chemist and Nazi war criminal (executed) (b. 1890) |
| Thursday, 16 May 1946 | Karl Weinbacher died, German manager and war criminal (executed) (b. 1898) |
| Tuesday, 16 May 1961 | Gina Riley born, actor and comedian |
| Tuesday, 16 May 1961 | Park Chung-hee takes over in a military coup in South Korea. |
| Tuesday, 16 May 1961 | Kevin McDonald born, Canadian comedian and actor |
| Tuesday, 16 May 1961 | Charles Wright born, American professional wrestler |
| Tuesday, 16 May 1961 | George A. Malcolm died, American jurist & educator (b. 1881) |
| Sunday, 16 May 1971 | A coup attempt is exposed and foiled in Egypt. |
| Saturday, 16 May 1981 | Joseph Morgan born, English actor |
| Thursday, 16 May 1991 | Grigor Dimitrov born, Bulgarian tennis player |
| Monday, 16 May 2011 | The Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly elects Katy Gallagher as Chief Minister, following the resignation of Jon Stanhope on 12 May. |
| Monday, 16 May 2011 | Bob Davis died, 82, Australian rules footballer |
| Monday, 16 May 2011 | The European Union agrees to a €78 billion rescue deal for Portugal. The bailout loan will be equally split between the European Financial Stabilisation Mechanism, the European Financial Stability Facility, and the International Monetary Fund. |
| Monday, 16 May 2016 | Romaldo Giurgola died, architect (Parliament House died, Canberra) |
| Monday, 16 May 2016 | Giovanni Coppa died, Italian cardinal (b. 1925) |
| Monday, 16 May 2016 | Gillian Mears died, writer |
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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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