First Corpus Juris Civilis, a fundamental work in jurisprudence, is issued by Eastern Roman Emperor Justinian I. ㅤThe Corpus Juris…
Nazi Germany issues the Law for the Restoration of the Professional Civil Service banning Jews and political dissidents from civil…
U.S. troops capture Baghdad; Saddam Hussein’s Ba’athist regime falls two days later. ㅤThe Battle of Baghdad was a key military…
Adolf Hitler is sentenced to five years fortress confinement for his participation in the “Beer Hall Putsch” but spends only…
The first fully functional Space Shuttle orbiter, Columbia, is delivered to the John F. Kennedy Space Center to be prepared for its first launch. ㅤConstruction…
Adolf Hitler issues his “Nero Decree” ordering all industries, military installations, shops, transportation facilities, and communications facilities in Germany to be destroyed. ㅤIn…
The War Relocation Authority is established in the United States to take Japanese Americans into custody. ㅤFollowing the attack on…
Commodus becomes sole emperor of the Roman Empire at the age of eighteen, following the death of his father, Marcus…
ㅤ”Those do don’t study history are doomed to repeat it. Yet those who do study history are doomed to stand…
Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus become joint emperors of Rome upon the death of Antoninus Pius. ㅤUpon Antoninus Pius’s death…