Australian politician, 37th Premier of South Australia (born 1928)

Des Corcoran

James Desmond Corcoran was an Australian politician who served as the 37th premier of South Australia between February and September 1979, following the resignation of Don Dunstan. During his brief premiership Corcoran also served as state treasurer. Born at Millicent in the southeast of the state, he served in the Australian Army in the Korean War and Malayan Emergency, reaching the rank of captain, and being twice mentioned in despatches. Following his discharge in 1961, Corcoran was elected to the House of Assembly, succeeding his father Jim Corcoran – who retired at the 1962 election – as the member for the electoral district of Millicent representing the Australian Labor Party.

Born

1928

November 8

Died

2004

Era

1920s

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Des, in brief

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2004 Died

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960 Battle of Andrassos: Byzantines under Leo Phokas the Younger score a crushing victory over the Hamdanid Emir of Aleppo, Sayf al-Dawla.
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1291 The Republic of Venice enacts a law confining most of Venice's glassmaking industry to the "island of Murano".
1519 Hernán Cortés enters Tenochtitlán and Aztec ruler Moctezuma welcomes him with a great celebration.

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The world in 1928

When Des arrived

april 12 The Bremen, a German Junkers W 33 type aircraft, takes off for the first successful transatlantic aeroplane flight from east to west.
august 27 The Kellogg–Briand Pact outlawing war is signed by fifteen nations. Ultimately sixty-one nations will sign it.
december 17 Indian revolutionaries Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev Thapar and Shivaram Rajguru assassinate British police officer James Saunders in Lahore, Punjab, to avenge the death of Lala Lajpat Rai at the hands of the police. The three were executed in 1931.
december 4 Cosmo Gordon Lang was enthroned as the Archbishop of Canterbury, the first bachelor to be appointed in 150 years.

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Christiaan Barnard 1922–2001 South African surgeon and academic (died 2001) Gordon Ramsay 1966– British chef, restaurateur, and television host/personality Gottlob Frege 1848–1925 German mathematician and philosopher (born 1848) Joseph James DeAngelo 1945– American serial killer L. K. Advani 1927– Indian lawyer and politician, 7th Deputy Prime Minister of India Margaret Mitchell 1900–1949 American journalist and author (born 1900) Matthew Rhys 1974– Welsh actor Mika Kallio 1982– Finnish motorcycle racer Nerva 30–98 Roman emperor (born 35)

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Alan J. Pakula 1928–1998 American director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1998) Alexander Grothendieck 1928–2014 German-French mathematician and theorist (died 2014) Andy Warhol 1928–1987 American painter, photographer and film director (died 1987) Anne Sexton 1928–1974 American poet and academic (died 1974) Anthony Franciosa 1928–2006 American actor (born 1928) Barbara Ann Scott 1928–2012 Canadian figure skater (died 2012) Billy Martin 1928–1989 American baseball player and manager (born 1928) Bob Cousy 1928– American basketball player and coach Bob Wilber 1928– American clarinetist and saxophonist (died 2019)

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