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.
On 21 January 1895, The National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty is founded in England by Octavia Hill, Robert Hunter and Canon Hardwicke Rawnsley.
On Thursday, 21 January 1960, Coalbrook mining disaster: A coal mine collapses at Holly Country, South Africa, killing 435 miners.
On Thursday, 21 January 1960, Avianca Flight 671 crashes and burns upon landing at Montego Bay, Jamaica killing 37, the worst air disaster in Jamaica’s history and the first for Avianca.
On Wednesday, 21 January 1970, Dick Klugman, Labor MP for Prospect, reveals that a middle-aged Ukrainian migrant, Mr. Bronislaw Chyrzynski, had been held in Long Bay Gaol for nearly four weeks because he could not speak English.
On Wednesday, 21 January 1970, A thunderstorm in Brisbane causes damage to 1,000 homes, widespread power blackouts and peak-hour traffic chaos.
On Wednesday, 21 January 1970, Five lifeboatmen are killed when a Fraserburgh, Scotland vessel, The Duchess of Kent, capsizes.
On Wednesday, 21 January 1970, Pan American Airways offers the first commercially scheduled Boeing 747 service from John F. Kennedy International Airport to London Heathrow Airport.
On Monday, 21 January 1980, The London Gold Fixing hits its highest price ever (adjusted for inflation), at US$850 a troy ounce.[clarification needed]
On Monday, 21 January 1980, MS Athina B is beached at Brighton (England), becoming a temporary tourist attraction.
On Monday, 21 January 1980, At least 200 people are killed when the Corralejas Bullring collapses at Sincelejo, Colombia.
On Friday, 21 January 2000, Former Queensland Labor MP, Bill D’Arcy, is named as the political figure facing child-sex charges. He is committed to the District Court on 49 charges relating to his career as a school teacher.
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