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Rome's greatest orator speaks his last warning
In the Roman Senate, Marcus Tullius Cicero delivered the fourth and final of his Catiline Orations, urging the senators to act decisively against the conspiracy of Catiline. The speech, a masterpiece of rhetorical persuasion, sealed the fate of the conspirators. Cicero's defense of the republic in its darkest hour remains one of history's most celebrated acts of political oratory.
The man who taught the world to dream
In Chicago, Illinois, Walter Elias Disney was born into a modest family. He would become the most influential figure in the history of animation, creating Mickey Mouse, Snow White, and an entertainment empire that bears his name. With twenty-two Academy Awards, more than any individual in history, Disney transformed American culture and gave the world a vocabulary of shared wonder.
The Soviet Union adopts a new constitution and the Kirghiz Soviet Socialist Republic is established as a full Union Republic of the USSR.
The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), also known as the Soviet Union, was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 until its dissolution in 1991. It was the world's third-most populous country, largest by area, and bordered twelve countries. A diverse multinational state, it was organized as a federal union of national republics, the largest and most populous being the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic. In practice, its government and economy were highly centralized.