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.
| 6 May 1871 | Victor Grignard, French chemist born, Nobel Prize in Chemistry laureate (d. 1935) |
| 6 May 1871 | Christian Morgenstern born, German author (d. 1914) |
| 6 May 1896 | Rolf Maximilian Sievert born, Swedish medical physicist (d. 1966) |
| Friday, 6 May 1921 | The German-Russian Provisional Agreement is signed; Germany recognises the Soviet regime in Russia. |
| Friday, 6 May 1921 | Erich Fried born, Austrian author (d. 1988) |
| Monday, 6 May 1946 | Daouda Malam Wanké born, 6th President of Niger (d. 2004) |
| Saturday, 6 May 1961 | Lucian Blaga died, Romanian poet and philosopher (b. 1895) |
| Saturday, 6 May 1961 | Tottenham Hotspur F.C. becomes the first team in the 20th century to win the English league and cup double. As of 2018 this is the last time Tottenham have won the English League. |
| Saturday, 6 May 1961 | George Clooney born, American actor |
| Saturday, 6 May 1961 | Wally Wingert born, American actor and voice actor |
| Thursday, 6 May 1971 | The Ceylon government begins a major offensive against the People’s Liberation Front. |
| Thursday, 6 May 1971 | Helene Weigel died, German actress (b. 1900) |
| Wednesday, 6 May 1981 | A jury of architects and sculptors unanimously selects Maya Lin’s design for the Vietnam Veterans Memorial from 1,421 other entries. |
| Wednesday, 6 May 1981 | Frank O’Grady died, Australian public servant (b. 1900) |
| Monday, 6 May 1991 | Wilfrid Hyde-White died, British actor (b. 1903) |
| Monday, 6 May 1996 | 6ix9ine born, American rapper |
| Sunday, 6 May 2001 | Space tourist Dennis Tito returns to Earth aboard Soyuz TM-31. (Soyuz TM-32 is left docked at the International Space Station as a new lifeboat.) |
| Friday, 6 May 2011 | Barry Connolly died, 72, Australian rules footballer |
| Friday, 6 May 2016 | A leadership spill for the Liberal National Party of Queensland is held, with Tim Nicholls defeating incumbent Lawrence Springborg to become party leader and leader of the Opposition. |
| Friday, 6 May 2016 | Reg Grundy died, media executive (died in Bermuda) |
| Friday, 6 May 2016 | Margot Honecker died, East German politician (b. 1927) |
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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.