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.
| 1 March 1871 | Explorer John Ross is the first European to explore and name the Todd River. [during March] |
| 1 March 1871 | Ben Harney born, American composer and pianist (d. 1938) |
| 1 March 1896 | Battle of Adwa: Ethiopia defends its independence from Italy, ending the First Italo-Ethiopian War. |
| 1 March 1896 | Dimitri Mitropoulos born, Greek conductor, pianist and composer (d. 1960) |
| 1 March 1896 | Moriz Seeler born, German writer, poet, film producer and man of the theatre (d. 1942) |
| Tuesday, 1 March 1921 | [during March] Group Settlement Scheme begins at Manjimup, Western Australia. |
| Tuesday, 1 March 1921 | The city of Kiryū, located in Gunma Prefecture, Japan, is founded. |
| Tuesday, 1 March 1921 | The Australia national cricket team, led by Warwick Armstrong, becomes the first to complete a whitewash in The Ashes, something that will not be repeated for 86 years. |
| Tuesday, 1 March 1921 | Jack Clayton born, British film director (d. 1995) |
| Tuesday, 1 March 1921 | Terence Cardinal Cooke born, American Roman Catholic prelate (d. 1983) |
| Tuesday, 1 March 1921 | Richard Wilbur born, American poet (d. 2017) |
| Tuesday, 1 March 1921 | King Nicholas I of Montenegro died (b. 1841) |
| Tuesday, 1 March 1921 | King Nikola I Petrovic-Njegos died (b. 1841) |
| Friday, 1 March 1946 | Jan Kodeš born, Czech tennis player |
| Friday, 1 March 1946 | Lana Wood born, American actress and producer |
| Wednesday, 1 March 1961 | [during March–April] Drilling for Project Mohole is undertaken off the coast of Guadalupe Island, Mexico. |
| Wednesday, 1 March 1961 | United States President John F. Kennedy establishes the Peace Corps. |
| Monday, 1 March 1971 | A bomb explodes in the men’s room at the United States Capitol; the Weather Underground claims responsibility. |
| Monday, 1 March 1971 | Pakistani President Agha Muhammad Yahya Khan indefinitely postpones the pending National Assembly session, precipitating massive civil disobedience in East Pakistan. |
| Monday, 1 March 1971 | Canadian John Robarts ends his term of office as the 17th Premier of Ontario. |
| Monday, 1 March 1971 | Allen Johnson born, American Olympic athlete |
| Sunday, 1 March 1981 | Bobby Sands, a Provisional Irish Republican Army member, begins a hunger strike for political status in Long Kesh prison. He died May 5, the first of 10 men. |
| Sunday, 1 March 1981 | Ana Hickmann born, Brazilian model |
| Sunday, 1 March 1981 | Adam LaVorgna born, American actor |
| Sunday, 1 March 1981 | Will Power born, Australian racing driver |
| Sunday, 1 March 1981 | Brad Winchester born, American ice hockey player |
| Sunday, 1 March 1981 | Roberto Francisco Chiari Remón died, 14th President of Panama (b. 1903) |
| Friday, 1 March 1991 | The ballistic missile submarine USS Sam Houston is deactivated. |
| Friday, 1 March 1991 | Clayton Keith Yeutter ends his term as United States Secretary of Agriculture. |
| Friday, 1 March 1991 | Katherine Blake died, South African-born British actress (b. 1921) |
| Friday, 1 March 1991 | Edwin H. Land died, inventor of the Polaroid instant camera (b. 1909) |
| Friday, 1 March 1996 | Iraq disarmament crisis: Iraqi forces refuse UNSCOM inspection teams access to five sites designated for inspection. The teams enter the sites only after delays of up to seventeen hours. |
| Friday, 1 March 1996 | Ye Shiwen born, Chinese swimmer |
| Friday, 1 March 1996 | Sage Northcutt born, American mixed martial artist |
| Thursday, 1 March 2001 | West Australian Premier Geoff Gallop ends all old growth logging in the state. |
| Thursday, 1 March 2001 | John Painter died, World’s Oldest Man between 1999 and 2001 (b. 1888) |
| Tuesday, 1 March 2011 | Soccer: North Queensland Fury are dropped from the A-League, after being unable to meet the financial requirements of Football Federation Australia. |
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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.