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.
| 5 March 1871 | Rosa Luxemburg born, German politician (d. 1919) |
| Saturday, 5 March 1921 | Irish War of Independence: Clonbanin Ambush: The Irish Republican Army kills Brigadier General Cumming. |
| Saturday, 5 March 1921 | Berkley Bedell born, American politician |
| Saturday, 5 March 1921 | Elmer Valo born, Czechoslovakia-born Major League Baseball player (d. 1998) |
| Tuesday, 5 March 1946 | In his speech at Westminster College, in Fulton, Missouri, Winston Churchill talks about the Iron Curtain. |
| Tuesday, 5 March 1946 | Murray Head born, English singer and actor |
| Tuesday, 5 March 1946 | Lova Moor born, French singer and dancer |
| Sunday, 5 March 1961 | Charles Poliquin born, Canadian strength coach |
| Friday, 5 March 1971 | The Pakistani army occupies East Pakistan. In Belfast, a Led Zeppelin show includes the first public performance of Stairway to Heaven, a song from the fourth album. |
| Friday, 5 March 1971 | Yuri Lowenthal born, American voice actor |
| Friday, 5 March 1971 | Jean Grenier died, French philosopher and writer (b. 1898) |
| Thursday, 5 March 1981 | Hanna Alström born, Swedish actress |
| Thursday, 5 March 1981 | Yip Harburg died, American lyricist (b. 1896) |
| Tuesday, 5 March 1991 | Hanna Mangan-Lawrence born, Australian actress |
| Tuesday, 5 March 1996 | Khondaker Mostaq Ahmad died, 5th President of Bangladesh (b. 1918) |
| Tuesday, 5 March 1996 | Whit Bissell died, American actor (b. 1909) |
| Saturday, 5 March 2011 | Alberto Granado died, Cuban writer and scientist (b. 1922) |
| Saturday, 5 March 2016 | Paul Couch died, Australian rules footballer (Geelong). |
| Saturday, 5 March 2016 | Hassan Al-Turabi died, Sudanese spiritual leader (b. 1932) |
| Saturday, 5 March 2016 | Nikolaus Harnoncourt died, Austrian conductor (b. 1929) |
| Saturday, 5 March 2016 | Ray Tomlinson died, American computer programmer (b. 1941) |
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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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