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This day in history (April 29)

Events
1091 – Battle of Levounion: The Pechenegs are defeated by Byzantine Emperor Alexios I Komnenos.
1386 – Battle of the Vikhra River: The Principality of Smolensk is defeated by the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and becomes its vassal.

This day in history (April 15)

769 – The Lateran Council condemned the Council of Hieria and anathematized its iconoclastic rulings.
1071 – Bari, the last Byzantine possession in southern Italy, is surrendered to Robert Guiscard.

This day in history (April 22)

238 – Year of the Six Emperors: The Roman Senate outlaws emperor Maximinus Thrax for his bloodthirsty proscriptions in Rome and nominates two of its members, Pupienus and Balbinus, to the throne.
1500 – Portuguese navigator Pedro Álvares Cabral lands in Brazil.

Spillway Fire burning north of Lone Pine

A vegetation fire was reported Thursday morning east of Manzanar. At 1:09 p.m. Cal Fire reported 50 acres burned, seven miles north of Lone Pine, with 50 percent containment.

What you might have missed this week

TUESDAY (APRIL 10)
• Sheriff's office offers active shooter training

• Drying up ranch leases familiar story in Inyo and Mono

• Tribes go o\their own way on cannabis

THURSDAY (APRIL 12)
• Earth Day events planned for weekend of April 20

Employers, job seekers find connection at fair

The Bishop Area Chamber of Commerce recently teamed up with several local businesses to host a job fair designed to connect private and public sector employers with the best local candidates.

Employers and job seekers connect

Saturday’s job fair included a variety of employers from the private and public sector.

This day in history (April 8)

217 – Roman Emperor Caracalla is assassinated. He is succeeded by his Praetorian Guard prefect, Marcus Opellius Macrinus.
632 – King Charibert II is assassinated at Blaye (Gironde), along with his infant son Chilperic.

This day in history (April 1)

286 – Emperor Diocletian elevates his general Maximian to co-emperor with the rank of Augustus and gives him control over the Western regions of the Roman Empire.
325 – Crown Prince Jin Chengdi, age 4, succeeds his father Jin Mingdi as emperor of the Eastern Jin dynasty.

This day in history (March 25)

404 BC – Peloponnesian War: Lysander's Spartan armies defeated the Athenians and the war ends.