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.
| 24 March 1846 | Karl von Bülow born, German field marshal (d. 1921) |
| 24 March 1871 | Birdie Blye born, American pianist (d. 1935) |
| Thursday, 24 March 1921 | The 1921 Women’s Olympiad (the first international women’s sports event) begins in Monte Carlo. |
| Thursday, 24 March 1921 | Wilson Harris born, Guyanese writer (d. 2018) |
| Thursday, 24 March 1921 | Vasily Smyslov born, Soviet chess player (d. 2010) |
| Sunday, 24 March 1946 | Alexander Alekhine died, Russian chess player (b. 1892) |
| Sunday, 24 March 1946 | Carl Schuhmann died, German athlete (b. 1869) |
| Sunday, 24 March 1946 | Barbu Știrbey died, 30th Prime Minister of Romania (b. 1872) |
| Friday, 24 March 1961 | Dean Jones born, cricketer |
| Friday, 24 March 1961 | Mitsuru Ogata born, Japanese voice actor |
| Friday, 24 March 1961 | Yanis Varoufakis born, Greek economist born, current Greek Finance Minister |
| Wednesday, 24 March 1971 | Arne Jacobsen died, Danish architect and designer (b. 1902) |
| Wednesday, 24 March 1971 | Arthur Metcalfe died, Australian public servant (b. 1895) |
| Tuesday, 24 March 1981 | Philip Winchester born, American actor |
| Sunday, 24 March 1991 | Sir John Kerr (born 1914) died, Governor-General of Australia (1974–1977) |
| Sunday, 24 March 1991 | The Beninese presidential election, Benin’s first presidential election since 1970, is won by Nicéphore Soglo. |
| Sunday, 24 March 1991 | Sir John Kerr died, former Governor-General of Australia (b. 1914) |
| Sunday, 24 March 1996 | The Marcopper mining disaster on the island of Marinduque, Philippines takes place. |
| Sunday, 24 March 1996 | Valentino Lazaro born, Austrian footballer |
| Sunday, 24 March 1996 | Myles Turner born, American basketball player |
| Thursday, 24 March 2016 | Ex-Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadžić is sentenced to 40 years in prison after being found guilty of genocide and crimes against humanity committed during the Bosnian War. |
| Thursday, 24 March 2016 | Roger Cicero died, German jazz and pop musician (b. 1970) |
| Thursday, 24 March 2016 | Johan Cruyff died, Dutch footballer and manager (b. 1947) |
| Thursday, 24 March 2016 | Garry Shandling died, American actor and comedian (b. 1949) |
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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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