What happened on this day in history: Emperor Nero dies, Secretariat wins the Triple Crown, and more events that happened on June 9th. 68 C.E.: The Roman Emperor Nero Dies Public DomainA bust of Nero, one of the most widely disparaged emperors in the history of Rome.
Roman Emperor Nero dies by suicide outside of Rome at the age of 30. He’d risen to power at 17, thanks to the orchestration of his mother, Julia Agrippina. Read More...
In José Guadalupe Posada's world, we must start by affirming one truth: we will all one day be skeletons. Life becomes a lot simpler once we accept that.Source: Library of Congress
Though José Guadalupe Posada died over a century ago, the apparitions in his art still haunt the world. Posada was a cartoonist, and his work reached a fever pitch just as the Mexican revolution was beginning. The man who some call Mexico’s first modern artist was born in Aguascalientes, Mexico, in 1852. Read More...
Earl Van Best Jr.: The Zodiac Killer Suspect Who Was Accused By His Son San Francisco ChronicleA San Francisco Chronicle photo of Earl Van Best Jr. from coverage of his statutory rape trial.
When author Gary Stewart was asked about his thoughts on the Zodiac Killer’s identity, he had a curious response. In his 2014 book The Most Dangerous Animal of All, Stewart alleged that the mysterious murderer had been his biological father, a man named Earl Van Best Jr. Read More...
