March 4

in History

Rome, Roman EmpireClassical

Nero Named Youth Leader

A future tyrant receives his first honor

The Roman Senate bestowed upon the young Nero the title princeps iuventutis, head of the youth, a traditional honor for imperial heirs. The boy, adopted by Emperor Claudius, showed no signs yet of the madness and cruelty that would later define his reign. This early accolade set Nero on the path to the throne, where he would become one of history's most infamous rulers, remembered for persecution, excess, and Rome in flames.

51 AD

Herbert Biberman Was Born — A filmmaker who defied the blacklist

Philadelphia, United StatesEarly 20th Century

1900

Herbert Biberman Was Born

A filmmaker who defied the blacklist

Herbert Biberman was born in Philadelphia, a future director and screenwriter who would become one of Hollywood's most controversial figures. As one of the Hollywood Ten, Biberman refused to cooperate with the House Un-American Activities Committee and was imprisoned and blacklisted. His defiant film Salt of the Earth, made outside the studio system with blacklisted cast and crew, became a landmark of independent American cinema.

1900 AD

Late 20th Century

1979

Voyager 1

The space probe Voyager 1 discovered the rings of Jupiter, the third ring system to be discovered in the Solar System.

The space probe Voyager 1 discovered the rings of Jupiter, the third ring system to be discovered in the Solar System, after those of Saturn and Uranus.

1979 AD