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An emperor barely escapes with his life
At the Gates of Trajan, a mountain pass near present-day Ihtiman, Bulgarian forces ambushed and devastated the Byzantine army. Emperor Basil II barely escaped with his life. The humiliating defeat, early in Basil's reign, would fuel his decades-long obsession with conquering Bulgaria, eventually earning him the fearsome epithet 'Bulgar Slayer.'
A teacher who preserved Black Delaware history
Pauline Alice Young was born in Wilmington, Delaware, where she would become a pioneering African-American teacher, librarian, and historian. As a community activist, she dedicated her life to documenting and preserving the history of Black communities in Delaware, ensuring that stories often overlooked by mainstream historians would endure for future generations.
World War II: The U.
The Seventh Army was a United States army created during World War II that evolved into the United States Army Europe (USAREUR) during the 1950s and 1960s. It served in North Africa and Italy in the Mediterranean Theater of Operations and France and Germany in the European Theater between 1942 and 1945.