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.
| 17 March 1846 | Friedrich Bessel died, German mathematician and astronomer (b. 1784) |
| 17 March 1871 | Konstantinos Pallis born, Greek general (d. 1941) |
| Thursday, 17 March 1921 | The Red Army crushes the Kronstadt rebellion, and a number of sailors flee to Finland. |
| Thursday, 17 March 1921 | Dr. Marie Stopes opens the first birth control clinic in London, England. |
| Thursday, 17 March 1921 | The Second Polish Republic adopts the March Constitution. |
| Thursday, 17 March 1921 | Meir Amit born, Israeli politician born, general (d. 2009) |
| Sunday, 17 March 1946 | Georges J. F. Köhler born, German biologist born, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (d. 1995) |
| Sunday, 17 March 1946 | James Berry died, British surgeon (b. 1860) |
| Sunday, 17 March 1946 | Joseph de Pesquidoux died, French writer (b. 1869) |
| Friday, 17 March 1961 | Umayya Abu-Hanna born, Palestine-born Finnish writer and politician |
| Friday, 17 March 1961 | Alexander Bard born, Swedish musician (Army of Lovers) |
| Friday, 17 March 1961 | Sam Bowie born, American basketball player |
| Friday, 17 March 1961 | Dana Reeve born, American actress born, singer and activist (d. 2006) |
| Friday, 17 March 1961 | Casey Siemaszko born, American actor |
| Friday, 17 March 1961 | Susanna M. Salter died, first woman mayor in the United States (b. 1860) |
| Wednesday, 17 March 1971 | Elizabeth Okie Paxton died, American painter (b. 1877) |
| Tuesday, 17 March 1981 | In Italy the Propaganda Due Masonic Lodge is discovered. |
| Tuesday, 17 March 1981 | Kyle Korver born, American basketball player |
| Sunday, 17 March 1991 | In a national referendum, the people of the Soviet Union vote in favor of keeping the 15 Soviet republics together, with the pro-unity position gaining 77% of the vote. Six Union Republics effectively boycott the referendum. |
| Sunday, 17 March 1991 | In the Finnish parliamentary election, the Centre Party wins 55 of 200 seats in the Parliament of Finland, ending 25 years of dominance by the Social Democratic Party of Finland. |
| Sunday, 17 March 1991 | Daisy Head born, English actress |
| Sunday, 17 March 1996 | Sri Lanka win the Cricket World Cup, defeating Australia in the final. |
| Sunday, 17 March 1996 | Sri Lanka wins the Cricket World Cup by beating Australia in the final. |
| Sunday, 17 March 1996 | René Clément died, French film director (b. 1913) |
| Sunday, 17 March 1996 | Elsa Respighi died, Italian composer (b. 1894) |
| Saturday, 17 March 2001 | Labor candidate Leonie Short wins the Ryan by-election in Queensland, defeating Liberal candidate, Bob Tucker. |
| Saturday, 17 March 2001 | Pietro Pellegri born, Italian footballer |
| Thursday, 17 March 2011 | The United Nations Security Council votes 10–0 to create a no-fly zone over Libya in response to allegations of government aggression against civilians. |
| Thursday, 17 March 2011 | Michael Gough died, British actor (b. 1916) |
| Thursday, 17 March 2016 | The Federal Government’s electoral reform laws pass both houses of Parliament after 28 hours straight debating the changes in the Senate. Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull hails the event as a “great day for democracy”. |
| Thursday, 17 March 2016 | Meir Dagan died, Israeli general and former Director of Mossad (b. 1945) |
| Thursday, 17 March 2016 | Larry Drake died, American actor (b. 1950) |
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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.