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A mother's grief becomes her final rebellion
On the desolate island of Pandateria, Agrippina the Elder, granddaughter of Augustus and mother to a future emperor, died of self-inflicted starvation. Banished by the paranoid Emperor Tiberius and heartbroken by the deaths of her sons Nero and Drusus, she chose death over submission, turning her body into a final act of defiance against imperial tyranny.
Weltpolitik finds its champion
Count Bernhard von Bulow assumed the chancellorship of the German Empire, inheriting Bismarck's creation and steering it toward global ambition. A fervent advocate of Weltpolitik, he would transform Germany into a colonial and naval power, but his bellicose foreign policy alienated France, Britain, and Russia, planting seeds of the catastrophe that would erupt in 1914.
Texas Instruments announces the Regency TR-1, the first mass-produced transistor radio.
Texas Instruments announces the Regency TR-1, the first mass-produced transistor radio.