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A Japanese sovereign of the Heian golden age
The future Emperor Ninmyo was born during the flowering of the Heian period. He would reign from 833 to 850, presiding over a court renowned for poetry, calligraphy, and refined aesthetics. His rule fell within the golden age of Japanese imperial culture, when the court at Kyoto set cultural standards that would define Japanese civilization for centuries.
A train disaster that became a country song legend
The Southern Railway's Fast Mail, known as the Old 97, derailed at the Stillhouse Trestle near Danville, Virginia, while traveling at excessive speed. The crash killed eleven people and inspired one of America's most famous folk ballads, which became seminal in country music and sparked a landmark copyright lawsuit.
World War II: Nazi Germany, Fascist Italy and the Empire of Japan signed the Tripartite Pact in Berlin, officially.
World War II or the Second World War was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies and the Axis powers. Nearly all of the world's countries participated. Tanks and aircraft played major roles, the latter enabling the strategic bombing of cities and delivery of the only nuclear weapons used in war. World War II was the deadliest conflict in history, causing the death of 60 to 75 million people.