in History
The eternal city opens its gates without a fight
The Byzantine general Belisarius marched into Rome unopposed as the Gothic garrison fled the capital. The bloodless entry marked a stunning early success in Emperor Justinian's ambitious campaign to reclaim the lost provinces of the Western Roman Empire. For the first time in sixty years, Rome was under imperial control, though a long and devastating war with the Goths lay ahead.
The pastel queen of Weird Tales
In Chicago, Margaret Brundage was born with an artistic talent that would define the golden age of pulp fiction illustration. Working in pastels on illustration board, she created most of the covers for Weird Tales magazine between 1933 and 1938, her sensuous and sometimes controversial artwork becoming inseparable from the era's greatest horror and fantasy fiction.
World War I: Field Marshal Allenby captures Jerusalem from the Ottoman Empire.
World War I, or the First World War, also known as the Great War, was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies and the Central Powers. Major areas of conflict included Europe and the Middle East, as well as parts of Africa and the Asia-Pacific. The war saw important developments in weaponry including tanks, aircraft, artillery, machine guns, and chemical weapons.