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.
Note: I have included 29 February for the leap years.
| 28 February 1871 | Manuel Díaz Rodríguez born, Venezuelan writer (d. 1927) |
| 28 February 1896 | Philip Showalter Hench born, American physician, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (d. 1965) |
| 29 February 1896 | Morarji Desai born, Indian politician (d. 1995) |
| 29 February 1896 | William A. Wellman born, American motion picture director (d. 1975) |
| Monday, 28 February 1921 | The Kronstadt rebellion is initiated by sailors of the Soviet Navy’s Baltic Fleet. |
| Monday, 28 February 1921 | Pierre Clostermann born, French World War II pilot (d. 2006) |
| Monday, 28 February 1921 | J. F. C. Harrison born, British historian born, author (d. 2018) |
| Thursday, 28 February 1946 | In Philadelphia, General Electric strikers and police clash. |
| Thursday, 28 February 1946 | Robin Cook born, British politician (d. 2005) |
| Thursday, 28 February 1946 | Don Francisco born, American Christian musician |
| Thursday, 28 February 1946 | Béla Imrédy died, Hungarian economist and politician died, 32nd Prime Minister of Hungary (b. 1891) |
| Thursday, 28 February 1946 | Giuseppe Salvago Raggi died, Italian diplomat (b. 1866) |
| Tuesday, 28 February 1961 | Mark Latham born, Australian politician |
| Tuesday, 28 February 1961 | Richard Waugh born, Canadian voice actor |
| Tuesday, 28 February 1961 | Aaron S. “Tip” Merrill died, American admiral (b. 1890) |
| Sunday, 28 February 1971 | Evel Knievel sets a world record and jumps 19 cars in Ontario, California. |
| Sunday, 28 February 1971 | Amanda Davis born, American writer and teacher (d. 2003) |
| Sunday, 28 February 1971 | Tristan Louis born, French Internet entrepreneur |
| Thursday, 28 February 1991 | Sarah Bolger born, Irish actress |
| Thursday, 28 February 1991 | Koesbini died, Indonesian composer (b. 1910) |
| Thursday, 29 February 1996 | Mitchell Kilduff born, Paralympic swimmer |
| Wednesday, 28 February 1996 | Danilo Barbosa born, Brazilian footballer |
| Thursday, 29 February 1996 | Faucett Flight 251 en route from Lima to Rodriguez Ballon airport crashes into a mountain near Arequipa; all 123 people on board are killed. |
| Thursday, 29 February 1996 | At least 81 people drown when a boat capsizes 120 kilometres east of Kampala, Uganda. |
| Thursday, 29 February 1996 | The Bosnian government declares the end of the Siege of Sarajevo. |
| Wednesday, 28 February 2001 | The Great Heck rail crash occurs, killing 10 and injuring 82 others. |
| Monday, 28 February 2011 | Jane Russell died, American actress (b. 1921) |
| Monday, 29 February 2016 | Cardinal George Pell gives evidence to the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse via a video-link from a hotel in Rome, saying that he is not there to defend the indefensible”. |
| Sunday, 28 February 2016 | George Kennedy died, American actor (b. 1925) |
| Monday, 29 February 2016 | Hannes Löhr died, German footballer (b. 1942) |
| Monday, 29 February 2016 | José Parra Martínez died, Spanish footballer (b. 1925) |
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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.