And as an addendum to that May 28 entry, my English almanac confirms what I said there about the English facility for presenting disaster as though it were triumph, with the headline: "British complete the 'Miracle of Dunkirk' by evacuating 338,226 allied troops from France via a flotilla of over 800 vessels including Royal Navy destroyers, merchant marine boats, fishing boats, pleasure craft and even lifeboats". A magnificent tactical advance - backwards!
1917: First Pulitzer Prizes awarded. And who was Pulitzer anyway? (see April 10) And who the first winners, and which subjects, and why then? And who decides? (The only winner I've ever met is the poet Gregory Pardlo, who gave a splendid recital of his work, at Berkeley, in San Francisco, back in 2015; lots of his work here).
1989: Tiananmen Square Massacre ended - I like this way of presenting the event, and of putting it on this date for that reason. The alternative, to go back to April 15 and headline it as "student demonstrations against the Chinese Communists broke out in Bei-Jing today" just wouldn't have the same impact. Nor do the Chinese disagree; their own history books now speak of it as "The June 4th Incident" - though it must be said, they don't often speak of it at all - click here to learn why not.
1917: First Pulitzer Prizes awarded. And who was Pulitzer anyway? (see April 10) And who the first winners, and which subjects, and why then? And who decides? (The only winner I've ever met is the poet Gregory Pardlo, who gave a splendid recital of his work, at Berkeley, in San Francisco, back in 2015; lots of his work here).
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