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.
| Friday, 25 March 1921 | Simone Signoret born, French actress (d. 1985) |
| Friday, 25 March 1921 | Alexandra of Yugoslavia (d. 1993) |
| Monday, 25 March 1946 | Cliff Balsom born, English footballer |
| Saturday, 25 March 1961 | Reggie Fils-Aimé born, American businessman |
| Saturday, 25 March 1961 | Arthur Drewry died, English administrator died, 5th President of FIFA (b. 1891) |
| Thursday, 25 March 1971 | The Pakistani army starts Operation Searchlight in East Pakistan from midnight, after President Agha Muhammad Yahya Khan, a military ruler, voids election results that gave the Awami League an overwhelming majority in the parliament. |
| Monday, 25 March 1991 | Marcel Lefebvre died, French Roman Catholic bishop who fought for a Strict/Latin Catholic Tradition (b. 1905) |
| Monday, 25 March 1996 | Former member for Page, Harry Woods, wins the Clarence state by-election, 1996 from the National Party with a 14% swing, thus giving the New South Wales Government a more comfortable 3-seat majority. |
| Monday, 25 March 1996 | The 68th Academy Awards, hosted by Whoopi Goldberg, are held at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles with Braveheart winning Best Picture. |
| Monday, 25 March 1996 | Lola Beltrán died, Mexican singer died, actress died, and television presenter (b. 1932) |
| Monday, 25 March 1996 | John Snagge died, British radio personality (b. 1904) |
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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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