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The wise old man who saved the succession
In the town of Narni in central Italy, Marcus Cocceius Nerva was born into a distinguished senatorial family. He would become Roman emperor at age sixty-five, inheriting a throne stained by the assassination of Domitian. His brief but pivotal reign established the precedent of adoptive succession, choosing Trajan as his heir and inaugurating Rome's golden age of the Five Good Emperors.
Tomorrow was always another day for her
In Atlanta, Georgia, Margaret Mitchell was born into a family steeped in stories of the Old South. She would channel those stories into a single towering novel, Gone with the Wind, published in 1936. The epic tale of Scarlett O'Hara during the Civil War won the Pulitzer Prize and became one of the best-selling novels of all time, defining a literary era.
Former Massachusetts attorney general Edward Brooke became the first African American elected to the United States Senate since Reconstruction.
Former Massachusetts attorney general Edward Brooke became the first African American elected to the United States Senate since Reconstruction.