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.
| Wednesday, 30 March 1921 | Clemens Kalischer born, American photojournalist born, art photographer (d. 2018) |
| Saturday, 30 March 1946 | Carolyn Simpson born, judge of the Supreme Court of New South Wales |
| Thursday, 30 March 1961 | The Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs is signed at New York. |
| Monday, 30 March 1981 | U.S. President Ronald Reagan is shot in the chest outside a Washington, D.C. hotel by John Hinckley, Jr.; 2 police officers and Press Secretary James Brady are also wounded. |
| Monday, 30 March 1981 | Sherman Edwards died, American songwriter (b. 1919) |
| Monday, 30 March 1981 | Douglas Lowe died, British Olympic athlete (b. 1902) |
| Monday, 30 March 1981 | DeWitt Wallace died, American magazine publisher (b. 1889) |
| Saturday, 30 March 1991 | Mia Carruthers born, American singer and songwriter |
| Saturday, 30 March 1996 | A state election is held in Victoria The Liberal/National coalition government of Jeff Kennett is re-elected for a second term with a massive 59 to 29 majority over Labor, but suffers a 2.8% swing and loses 2 seats. With 45% of the vote in the Legislative Council, Labor is reduced to 10 of the 44 seats. |
| Friday, 30 March 2001 | Anastasia Potapova born, Russian tennis player |
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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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