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.
| 18 May 1871 | Constance Trotti died, Belgian salonniére, culture patron (b. 1800) |
| 18 May 1896 | Daniel Pollen died, 9th Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1813) |
| 18 May 1896 | Plessy v. Ferguson: The U.S. Supreme Court introduces the separate but equal doctrine, and upholds racial segregation. |
| Wednesday, 18 May 1921 | Sir Michael A. Epstein born, British medical researcher |
| Saturday, 18 May 1946 | Reggie Jackson born, American baseball player |
| Thursday, 18 May 1961 | Jim Bowden born, American baseball executive |
| Tuesday, 18 May 1971 | The U.S. Congress formally votes to end funding for the American Supersonic Transport program. |
| Tuesday, 18 May 1971 | The Montréal Canadiens win the Stanley Cup against the Chicago Blackhawks. The Canadiens became only the second team in NHL history to win the Cup in game 7 on the road. This also marked the last NHL game that the late Jean Béliveau played. |
| Tuesday, 18 May 1971 | G. Owen Bonawit died, stained glass artist (b. 1891) |
| Tuesday, 18 May 1971 | Bruno Villabruna died, Italian lawyer and politician (b. 1884) |
| Monday, 18 May 1981 | Adam Green born, American singer-songwriter |
| Monday, 18 May 1981 | Eleonore Baur died, German Nazi and only woman to participate in Munich Beer Hall Putsch (b. 1885) |
| Monday, 18 May 1981 | Arthur O’Connell died, American actor (b. 1908) |
| Monday, 18 May 1981 | William Saroyan died, American author (b. 1908) |
| Saturday, 18 May 1991 | Somaliland withdraws from Somalia. |
| Saturday, 18 May 1991 | Gerd Achgelis died, German aviator, test pilot, and pioneer in the development of helicopters (b. 1908) |
| Saturday, 18 May 1991 | Betty Alberge died, English actress (b. 1922) |
| Saturday, 18 May 1991 | Edwina Booth died, American actress (b. 1904) |
| Saturday, 18 May 1996 | Tasmanian Treasurer Tony Rundle beats Roger Groom and Michael Hodgman to become Tasmanian Liberal Leader and Premier, with Sue Knowles as deputy. |
| Saturday, 18 May 1996 | The Fitzroy Lions (16.11.107) defeat the Fremantle Dockers (10.16.76) at the Whitten Oval in what would be Fitzroy’s final ever victory as a stand-alone club. |
| Saturday, 18 May 1996 | Teeboy Kamara born, Liberia-born football soccer player |
| Saturday, 18 May 1996 | The X Prize Foundation launches the $10,000,000 Ansari X Prize. |
| Saturday, 18 May 1996 | Violett Beane born, American actress |
| Saturday, 18 May 1996 | Yuki Kadono born, Japanese snowboarder |
| Wednesday, 18 May 2011 | Guy Razanamasy died, 2-Time Prime Minister of Madagascar (b. 1928) |
| Wednesday, 18 May 2016 | Ian Watkin died, New Zealand actor |
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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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