#30 bce

Events

In 30 BCE, Octavian entered Alexandria, Egypt, and brought it under Roman control.  

Births

In 10 BCE, Claudius, Roman Emperor between 41 and 54 CE was born in Lugdunum, Gaul.

In 126 CE, Pertinax (Publius Helvius Pertinax) was born in Alba Pompeia. He would become Roman emperor in the Year of the Five Emperors.

Deaths

In 1981, IBM makes it personal with the 5150 computer – $1,565 will get you 16K of RAM, a 4.77 MHz CPU, and DOS 1.0 on IBM’s new entry into the marketplace, a machine marketed as a personal computer, or ‘PC.’ Open standards mean third parties can write software or build peripherals, which will contribute to the 5150’s huge success. [Read More]

In 1981, Music videos get their own channel as MTV launches – Cashing in on a new form of popular entertainment, the MTV network debuts, complete with “video jockeys” (VJs) introducing music videos, a way of both listening to and watching popular songs. The first video shown, ‘Video Killed the Radio Star,’ will prove partially prophetic. [Read More]