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.
| 23 March 1896 | The New York State Legislature passes the Raines law, restricting Sunday alcoholic beverage sales to hotels. |
| Saturday, 23 March 1946 | Francisco Largo Caballero died, Spanish politician and trade unionist died, 66th Prime Minister of Spain (b. 1869) |
| Saturday, 23 March 1946 | Gilbert N. Lewis died, American chemist (b. 1875) |
| Thursday, 23 March 1961 | Ali Hewson born, Irish activist and businesswoman |
| Thursday, 23 March 1961 | Helmi Johannes born, Indonesian television newscaster |
| Thursday, 23 March 1961 | Valentin Bondarenko died, Russian cosmonaut (b. 1937) |
| Tuesday, 23 March 1971 | General Alejandro Lanusse of Argentina takes power in a military coup. |
| Tuesday, 23 March 1971 | Karen McDougal born, American model |
| Tuesday, 23 March 1971 | Alexander Selivanov born, Russian ice hockey player |
| Tuesday, 23 March 1971 | Basil Dearden died, English film director (b. 1911) |
| Monday, 23 March 1981 | Claude Auchinleck died, British field marshal (b. 1884) |
| Monday, 23 March 1981 | Mike Hailwood died, English motorcycle racer (b. 1940) |
| Monday, 23 March 1981 | Beatrice Tinsley died, English astronomer (b. 1941) |
| Saturday, 23 March 1991 | In a surprise result, Brisbane’s Liberal Lord Mayor Sallyanne Atkinson loses the Brisbane City Council election, 1991 to political novice Jim Soorley, an ex-priest from the Gold Coast. |
| Saturday, 23 March 1991 | The Sierra Leone Civil War begins when the Revolutionary United Front attempts a coup against the Sierra Leone government. |
| Saturday, 23 March 1991 | Elisaveta Bagriana died, Bulgarian poet, Nobel Prize in Literature (b. 1893) |
| Saturday, 23 March 1996 | Taiwan (Republic of China) holds its first direct elections for President; Lee Teng-hui is re-elected. |
| Saturday, 23 March 1996 | Lauri Kivari born, Finnish freestyle skier |
| Friday, 23 March 2001 | First day of the Australian Track & Field Championships for the 2000–2001 season, which are held at the ANZ Stadium in Brisbane, Queensland. The 5,000 metres (men and women) were conducted at the Hobart Grand Prix, Tasmania on Sunday 11 March 2001. The 10,000 metres (men and women) were conducted at the Zatopek Classic, Melbourne on Monday 4 December 2000. |
| Friday, 23 March 2001 | The deorbit of Russian space station Mir is carried out near Nadi, Fiji, with Mir falling into the South Pacific Ocean. |
| Wednesday, 23 March 2011 | Elizabeth Taylor died, British-American actress (b. 1932) |
| Wednesday, 23 March 2016 | Ken Howard died, American actor (b. 1944) |
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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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