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The last Flavian emperor ascends in Rome
The Roman Senate confirmed Domitian as emperor to succeed his brother Titus, completing the Flavian dynasty's hold on power. The last of the Flavians, Domitian would prove an efficient but autocratic ruler whose fifteen-year reign ended with his assassination. Ancient historians portrayed him as a tyrant, though modern scholarship has partially rehabilitated his reputation.
America's youngest leader takes the oath
Theodore Roosevelt was sworn in as the twenty-sixth president at age forty-two, the youngest ever to hold the office, after President McKinley succumbed to an assassin's bullet. The energetic, progressive Roosevelt would transform the presidency into a dynamic force for reform, trust-busting, conservation, and American global engagement.
In a top secret nuclear test, a Soviet Tu-4 bomber drops a 40 kiloton atomic weapon just north of Totskoye village.
In a top secret nuclear test, a Soviet Tu-4 bomber drops a 40 kiloton atomic weapon just north of Totskoye village.