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Eutychius Defies Justinian — A patriarch arrested for refusing the emperor

Constantinople, Byzantine EmpireMedieval

565

Eutychius Defies Justinian

A patriarch arrested for refusing the emperor

In the great city of Constantinople, Patriarch Eutychius was arrested after boldly refusing Emperor Justinian I's order to adopt the tenets of a Christian heretical sect. His defiance of imperial authority cost him his freedom and his office, though he would eventually be restored to the patriarchate years later. The confrontation illuminated the fierce theological battles that defined Byzantine Christianity and the uneasy relationship between church and state.

565 AD

Ernst Busch Was Born — A voice for the workers and the revolution

Kiel, GermanyEarly 20th Century

1900

Ernst Busch Was Born

A voice for the workers and the revolution

Friedrich Wilhelm Ernst Busch was born in Kiel, Germany, a city steeped in labor movement history. He would become one of Germany's most powerful political singers, lending his voice to socialist causes across Europe. From the barricades of the Spanish Civil War to the stages of East Berlin, Busch's performances carried the fire of revolution and the ache of solidarity, making him a cultural icon of the political left.

1900 AD

Television station in Los AngelesEarly 20th Century

1947

KTLA

KTLA, the first commercial television station west of the Mississippi River, begins operation in Hollywood.

KTLA is a television station in Los Angeles, California, United States, serving as the West Coast flagship station of The CW. It is the largest directly owned property of the network's majority owner, Nexstar Media Group, and is the second-largest operated property after WPIX in New York City. KTLA's studios are located at the Sunset Bronson Studios on Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood, and its transmitter is located atop Mount Wilson.

1947 AD