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The last pagan emperor falls at the river's edge
On the banks of the Frigidus River in the Julian Alps, Emperor Theodosius I defeated the usurper Eugenius in a battle that would determine the religious future of the Roman Empire. Eugenius, supported by Rome's last pagan aristocrats, was killed. Arbogast committed suicide two days later. Christianity's dominance over the empire was now irreversible.
British Columbia's longest-serving premier
William Andrew Cecil Bennett was born in Hastings, New Brunswick, before moving to British Columbia, where he would dominate provincial politics for two decades. As the twenty-fifth premier from 1952 to 1972, Bennett oversaw massive infrastructure development that transformed the province. His twenty-year tenure remains the longest of any premier in BC history.
The Kennedy administration sent Victor H.
The Kennedy administration sent Victor H. Krulak and Joseph Mendenhall on a mission to assess the progress of the Vietnam War.