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.
| 22 January 1896 | Norman Gilroy born, first Australian-born Cardinal (died 1977) |
| Tuesday, 22 January 1946 | Iran crisis of 1946: Qazi Muhammad declares the independent people’s Republic of Mahabad at the Chahar Cheragh Square in the Kurdish city of Mahabad. He is the new president, Haji Baba Sheikh is the prime minister. |
| Tuesday, 22 January 1946 | The National Intelligence Authority and its operational arm the Central Intelligence Group are established in the United States; these become part of the Central Intelligence Agency in 1947. |
| Tuesday, 22 January 1946 | Malcolm McLaren born, British music manager (d. 2010) |
| Tuesday, 22 January 1946 | Serge Savard born, Canadian hockey player and executive |
| Sunday, 22 January 1961 | Daniel Johnston born, American singer-songwriter, musician , and artist |
| Sunday, 22 January 1961 | P. Kalimuthu born, Malaysian gangster (d. 1993) |
| Sunday, 22 January 1961 | Shigeru Nakahara born, Japanese voice actor |
| Thursday, 22 January 1981 | Chantelle Anderson born, American basketball player |
| Thursday, 22 January 1981 | Willa Ford born, American singer, television hostess, and actress |
| Thursday, 22 January 1981 | Beverley Mitchell born, American actress |
| Thursday, 22 January 1981 | Ben Moody born, American guitarist |
| Tuesday, 22 January 1991 | At a special sitting of Parliament, a resolution supporting Australia’s commitment to the Gulf War is passed, though 7 Labor MHRs and 3 Senators join the Democrats in opposition. |
| Tuesday, 22 January 1991 | Three Iraqi Scuds and one Patriot missile hit Ramat Gan in Israel, injuring 96 people; three elderly people die of heart attacks. |
| Tuesday, 22 January 1991 | The British Army SAS patrol, Bravo Two Zero, is deployed in Iraq during the Gulf War. |
| Tuesday, 22 January 1991 | Marcus Canty born, American singer and dancer |
| Tuesday, 22 January 1991 | Anais Mali born, French model |
| Tuesday, 22 January 1991 | Kenas Aroi died, Nauruan politician (b. 1942) |
| Monday, 22 January 1996 | Andreas Papandreou, Prime Minister of Greece, resigns due to health problems; a new government forms under Costas Simitis. |
| Monday, 22 January 1996 | Sami Gayle born, American actress |
| Monday, 22 January 1996 | Joshua Ho-Sang born, Canadian ice hockey player |
| Friday, 22 January 2016 | Victorian Agriculture Minister Jaala Pulford announces a full-length duck hunting season for 2016 with modified bag and species limits, causing some internal dissent within members of the Labor Party, some of whom want a permanent ban. |
| Friday, 22 January 2016 | The Queensland Government begins processing compensation claims for Indigenous workers who had their wages stolen. |
| Friday, 22 January 2016 | Tasmanian Premier Will Hodgman announces that the Government will change the Tasmanian criteria for Aboriginality to bring the state in line with all other states. |
| Friday, 22 January 2016 | The New South Wales Government pays compensation to victims of abuse within the Parramatta Girls Home for the first time. |
| Friday, 22 January 2016 | Lois Ramsey died, actress |
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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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