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  • 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…