Pick one:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/December_15
Heard of this guy?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nero
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Fire_of_Rome
"The Great Fire of Rome was an urban fire in July of the year 64 AD. It caused widespread devastation in the city on 18 July,[1] before being brought under control after six days. Differing accounts either blame Emperor Nero for initiating the fire or credit him with organizing measures to contain it and provide relief for refugees. According to Tacitus and later Christians, Nero blamed the devastation on the Christian community in the city, initiating the empire's first persecution against the Christians.[2]
1978 – U.S. President Jimmy Carter announces that the United States will recognize the People's Republic of China and sever diplomatic relations with Taiwan
Can't think of anything pithy to say about that one.
Nero … the guy who supposedly fiddled while Rome burned … on an instrument that hadn't been invented yet.