in History
A restless wanderer finds his final rest
At his seaside villa in Baiae on the Bay of Naples, Emperor Hadrian succumbed to heart failure. The ruler who had walked every corner of his vast empire, who built walls in Britain and temples in Rome, was laid to rest beside his wife Vibia Sabina in the massive cylindrical tomb he had constructed on the banks of the Tiber, a monument that still dominates the Roman skyline today.
A chemist who unlocked molecular architecture
In Konigshütte, Upper Silesia, Kurt Alder was born into a world that his scientific discoveries would profoundly change. As a German chemist, he co-developed the Diels-Alder reaction, a groundbreaking method for synthesizing complex organic compounds. This work earned him the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1950 and opened vast new frontiers in pharmaceutical and industrial chemistry.
Telstar, the world's first communications satellite, is launched into orbit.
Telstar, the world's first communications satellite, is launched into orbit.