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Empress Eudoxia Crowned — A woman of power ascends in Constantinople

Constantinople, Eastern Roman EmpireClassical

400

Empress Eudoxia Crowned

A woman of power ascends in Constantinople

In the gleaming capital of the Eastern Roman Empire, Aelia Eudoxia was officially crowned empress. Her marriage to Emperor Arcadius had been arranged by the cunning eunuch Eutropius, but Eudoxia proved far more than a political pawn. She clashed boldly with the Patriarch John Chrysostom, wielded considerable influence over imperial policy, and left an indelible mark on the politics of Constantinople during a pivotal era.

400 AD

Richard Halliburton Born — An adventurer who swam the Panama Canal

Brownsville, Tennessee, United StatesEarly 20th Century

1900

Richard Halliburton Born

An adventurer who swam the Panama Canal

Richard Halliburton was born in Tennessee, destined to become one of America's most daring travel writers. He would swim the entire length of the Panama Canal, paying the lowest toll in its history at thirty-six cents. His books captivated Depression-era readers hungry for escape and wonder. Halliburton's mysterious disappearance at sea in 1939, while sailing a Chinese junk across the Pacific, only deepened his legend.

1900 AD

1961–1972 American crewed lunar exploration programLate 20th Century

1962

Apollo program

Apollo program: NASA announces plans to build the C-5 rocket launch vehicle, then known as the "Advanced Saturn", to carry human beings to the Moon.

The Apollo program, also known as Project Apollo, was the United States human spaceflight program led by NASA, which landed the first humans on the Moon in 1969. Apollo was conceived during Project Mercury and executed after Project Gemini. It was conceived in 1960 as a three-person spacecraft during the presidency of Dwight D. Eisenhower. Apollo was later dedicated to President John F.

1962 AD