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.
| 25 May 1846 | Princess Helena of the United Kingdom born (d. 1923) |
| 25 May 1846 | The Royal Geographical Society awards Paweł Edmund Strzelecki a Gold Medal “for exploration in the south eastern portion of Australia”.[citation needed] |
| Wednesday, 25 May 1921 | Jack Steinberger born, German-born physicist born, Nobel Prize laureate |
| Wednesday, 25 May 1921 | Émile Combes died, French statesman died, 69th Prime Minister of France (b. 1835) |
| Wednesday, 25 May 1921 | Hal David born, American songwriter born, lyricist (d. 2012) |
| Wednesday, 25 May 1921 | James C. Quayle born, American newspaper publisher (d. 2000) |
| Saturday, 25 May 1946 | The parliament of Transjordan makes emir Abdullah their king. |
| Thursday, 25 May 1961 | Apollo program: President Kennedy announces before a special joint session of Congress his goal to put a man on the Moon before the end of the decade. |
| Tuesday, 25 May 1971 | Kristina Orbakaitė born, Lithuanian-Russian singer and actress |
| Monday, 25 May 1981 | In Riyadh, the Gulf Cooperation Council is created between Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. Alain Robert scales the Willis Tower in Chicago. |
| Monday, 25 May 1981 | Logan Tom born, American volleyball player. |
| Monday, 25 May 1981 | Armando de Armas Romero died, Cuban painter (b. 1914) |
| Monday, 25 May 1981 | Rosa Ponselle died, American soprano (b. 1897) |
| Saturday, 25 May 1991 | The state election in New South Wales produces a hung parliament. The ruling Liberal/National coalition government of Nick Greiner manages to form a minority government with the support of four Independent MPs. |
| Saturday, 25 May 1991 | Joe Robinson born, musician |
| Saturday, 25 May 1991 | The Surinamese general election is won by the military-backed New Front for Democracy and Development. |
| Saturday, 25 May 1991 | Derrick Williams born, American basketball player |
| Saturday, 25 May 1996 | Bradley Nowell died, American musician (b. 1968) |
| Wednesday, 25 May 2011 | Terry Jenner died, 66, cricketer |
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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.