June 9, 68 –
Rather than suffer a Senate – imposed death by flogging, Nero implored his secretary Epaphroditus to slit his throat. The freedman complies, giving the condemned emperor a quick death on this date, just as centurions arrive at the villa to haul him away.
As Nero’s four faithful servants prepared his funeral pyre, the Emperor gasped out with his last breath: Qualis artifex Pereo, (How great an Artist dies here.) You certainly can’t get help like that anymore even on Mad Men.
Administrative Professionals Day, former known as Secretaries Day, always falls on the last week of April. I believe it should occur on June 9th
And so it goes
The Haus of Dcaligari 