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Augustus' only child, Rome's most tragic daughter
In Rome, Julia the Elder was born to Octavian, the future Emperor Augustus, and his second wife Scribonia. She would become the most politically significant woman of the early Roman Empire, mother and grandmother to future emperors. Yet her life ended in exile and disgrace, banished by her own father for adultery, a punishment that reflected the ruthless politics of imperial Rome.
Eyes that would unlock the science of sight
In Helsinki, Finland, Ragnar Granit was born with the intellectual curiosity that would illuminate how the human eye perceives light. His pioneering research into the neurophysiology of vision earned him the 1967 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, shared with Haldan Hartline and George Wald, for discoveries about the primary visual processes in the eye.
Hungarian Revolution: The government of Imre Nagy recognizes newly established revolutionary workers' councils.
Hungarian Revolution: The government of Imre Nagy recognizes newly established revolutionary workers' councils. Army officer Béla Király leads anti-Soviet militias in an attack on the headquarters of the Hungarian Working People's Party.