in History
The last emperor is deposed by a barbarian king
Germanic leader Odoacer captured Ravenna and deposed the young Emperor Romulus Augustus, traditionally marking the fall of the Western Roman Empire. The sixteen-year-old emperor, ironically bearing the names of Rome's founder and first emperor, was sent into comfortable exile. The event closed a chapter that had begun nearly a millennium earlier.
The man who made cars beautiful
In Blackpool, England, William Lyons was born with an eye for design and a passion for speed. He co-founded the Swallow Sidecar Company in 1922, which evolved into Jaguar Cars Limited. Known as 'Mr. Jaguar,' Lyons personally shaped the elegant lines of some of the most beautiful automobiles ever produced, machines as stunning to behold as they were thrilling to drive.
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, who founded the Republic of Turkey, gathers a congress in Sivas to make decisions as to the future of Anatolia and Thrace.
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, who founded the Republic of Turkey, gathers a congress in Sivas to make decisions as to the future of Anatolia and Thrace.