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Ten months of reign, a lifetime of what-ifs
After a reign of just ten months, the child Emperor Leo II of the Eastern Roman Empire died under circumstances that remain debated by historians. His father Zeno, who had been elevated as co-emperor, became sole ruler of the Byzantine Empire. The transition marked the beginning of Zeno's turbulent but consequential reign over the eastern half of the Roman world.
The beast who would haunt Bergen-Belsen
In Munich, Josef Kramer was born into a world that would soon be consumed by the ideology he would come to serve. As an SS officer, he rose through the ranks to become commandant of both Auschwitz-Birkenau and Bergen-Belsen concentration camps. Dubbed 'The Beast of Belsen,' he was directly responsible for thousands of deaths before being hanged for war crimes in 1945.
National Educational Television (the predecessor to the Public Broadcasting Service) in the United States debuts Sesame Street.
National Educational Television (the predecessor to the Public Broadcasting Service) in the United States debuts Sesame Street.