The past leaves a trace.

Cigarette advertisements are banned on American television.

Cigarette advertisements are banned on American television.

A cigarette is a thin cylinder of tobacco rolled in thin paper for smoking. Igniting one end causes it to smolder, and the smoker inhales the resulting smoke through the other end. Cigarette smoking is the most common method of tobacco consumption. The term cigarette usually refers to a tobacco cigarette, but the word is sometimes used to refer to other substances, such as a cannabis cigarette or an herbal cigarette. A cigarette differs from a cigar in its smaller size, use of processed leaf, different smoking method, and paper wrapping, which is typically white.

The British railway network is nationalized to form British Railways.

The British railway network is nationalized to form British Railways.

Birth of Pope Alexander VI

Born: Pope Alexander VI (died 1503).

Pope Alexander VI was head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Papal States from 11 August 1492 until his death in 1503.

Romanos IV Diogenes marries Eudokia Makrembolitissa and is crowned Byzantine Emperor.

Romanos IV Diogenes marries Eudokia Makrembolitissa and is crowned Byzantine Emperor.

Romanos IV Diogenes (Greek: Ῥωμανός Διογένης, romanized: Rōmanos Diogenēs; was Byzantine emperor from 1068 to 1071. Determined to halt the decline of the Byzantine military and to stop Turkish incursions into the empire, he is nevertheless best known for his defeat and capture in 1071 at the Battle of Manzikert, which played a major role in undermining Byzantine authority in Anatolia and allowed for its gradual Turkification.

Death of Odo I

Died: Odo I, Frankish king (born 860).

Odo, also known as Odo of Paris, was King of West Francia from 888 to 898. He was the first king from the Robertian dynasty, the parent house of the House of Capet. Before assuming the kingship, Odo was the Count of Paris, since 882. His reign marked the definitive separation of West Francia from the Carolingian Empire, which would never be reunited.

Emperor Honorius forces Galla Placidia into marriage to Constantius, his famous general (magister militum)…

Emperor Honorius forces Galla Placidia into marriage to Constantius, his famous general (magister militum) (probable).

The Roman Senate posthumously deifies Julius Caesar.

The Roman Senate posthumously deifies Julius Caesar.

The Roman Senate was the highest and constituting assembly of ancient Rome and its aristocracy. With different powers throughout its existence, it lasted from the first days of the city of Rome as the Senate of the Roman Kingdom, to the Senate of the Roman Republic and Senate of the Roman Empire and eventually the Byzantine Senate of the Eastern Roman Empire, existing well into the post-classical era and Middle Ages.

For the first time, Roman consuls begin their year in office on January 1.

For the first time, Roman consuls begin their year in office on January 1.

The consuls were the two highest elected public officials of the Roman Republic. Romans considered the consulship the second-highest level of the cursus honorum—an ascending sequence of public offices to which politicians aspired—after that of the censor, which was reserved for former consuls. Each year, the centuriate assembly elected two consuls to serve jointly for a one-year term. The consuls alternated each month holding fasces when both were in Rome. A consul's imperium extended over Rome and all its provinces.