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Ricimer pulls the strings from behind the throne
Libius Severus was declared emperor of the Western Roman Empire, but real power remained firmly in the hands of the magister militum Ricimer. A native of Lucania, Severus became the latest in a line of shadow emperors who ruled in name only while Germanic generals controlled the military and dictated policy. The Western Empire was an empire in name alone.
War's moral weight captured in exile's ink
In Mainz, Germany, Netty Reiling was born into a Jewish family. Writing under the pen name Anna Seghers, she would become one of Germany's most important novelists, exploring the moral experience of World War II with unflinching honesty. Fleeing Nazi persecution, she found refuge in Mexico before returning to East Germany, where her works became cornerstones of anti-fascist literature.
The establishment of TVB, the first wireless commercial television station in Hong Kong.
Television Broadcasts Limited is a Hong Kong television network that began broadcasting on 19 November 1967. It operates five free-to-air terrestrial television channels, with TVB Jade as its main Cantonese service, and TVB Pearl as its main English service. Since 2003, TVB has been headquartered at TVB City in the Tseung Kwan O Industrial Estate.