534 Justinian declared his code of laws. It codified and simplified Roman law as it stood at the time for the Eastern Empire at Constantinople. Been there and see some of his works.
1821 William Becknell reached Santa Fe on the route that became known as the Santa Fe Trail. Kate’s mother grew up in New Mexico.
1913 Marcel Proust published ‘Swann’s way,’ the first volume of ‘Á recherche du Temps perdue.’ Read most of it.
1945 UNESCO founded in Geneva. It has done many good works.
1989 South African government of F. W. de Klerk rescinded the Separate Amenities Act, the first step in dismantling apartheid.
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