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.
| 18 March 1871 | Augustus De Morgan died, English professor of mathematics, mathematician (b. 1806) |
| Friday, 18 March 1921 | The second Peace of Riga ends the Polish–Soviet War. A permanent border is established between the Polish and Soviet states. |
| Saturday, 18 March 1961 | A ceasefire takes effect in the Algerian War of Independence. |
| Saturday, 18 March 1961 | Nous les amoureux by Jean-Claude Pascal (music by Jacques Datin, text by Maurice Vidalin) wins the Eurovision Song Contest 1961 for Luxembourg. |
| Thursday, 18 March 1971 | A landslide at Chungar, Peru crashes into Yanawayin Lake, killing 200. |
| Thursday, 18 March 1971 | Leland Hayward died, American film and theatrical agent (b. 1902) |
| Wednesday, 18 March 1981 | Fabian Cancellara born, Swiss road bicycle racer |
| Monday, 18 March 1991 | Travis Frederick born, American football player |
| Monday, 18 March 1991 | Vilma Bánky died, Hungarian-born actress (b. 1901) |
| Monday, 18 March 1996 | Prime Minister John Howard announces that he will move his family into Kirribilli House in Sydney, becoming the first Prime Minister since Sir William McMahon not to live at The Lodge. |
| Monday, 18 March 1996 | A paedophile inquiry, forming part of the Wood Royal Commission into police corruption, begins in New South Wales. |
| Monday, 18 March 1996 | The Ozone Disco Club fire in Quezon City, Philippines kills 163 people. |
| Monday, 18 March 1996 | Madeline Carroll born, American actress |
| Monday, 18 March 1996 | Odysseas Elytis died, Greek writer (b. 1911) |
| Sunday, 18 March 2001 | John Phillips died, American singer-songwriter (b. 1935) |
| Friday, 18 March 2011 | Warren Christopher died, American diplomat (b. 1925) |
| Friday, 18 March 2016 | Lothar Späth died, German politician (b. 1937) |
| Friday, 18 March 2016 | Guido Westerwelle died, German politician (b. 1961) |
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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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