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Year 555 (DLV) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. The denomination 555 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.

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Byzantine Empire[link]

• An earthquake devastates Latakia.

Asia[link]

• The Nan Liang Dynasty begins; the first ruler is Nan Liang Xuan Di.
• Chinese Liang Dynasty: Liang Yuan Di is succeeded by Liang Zheng Yang Hou, then Liang Jing Di.
• The Mongolic Rouran Khaganate (330–555), of Xianbei provenance, ruled a massive empire before being defeated by the Göktürks (555–745) whose empire was even bigger.

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Arts and sciences[link]

• Taliesin becomes court bard to King Brochfael of Powys (approximate date).
• Around this time, the historian Jordanes writes several books, among them De origine actibusque Getarum (The origin and deeds of the Goths).

Births[link]

Deaths[link]

• Pope Vigilius
• Theodebald, king of Austrasia
• Wang Sengbian
• Emperor Yuan of Liang
• Gubazes II of Lazica
• Mihr-Mihroe

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Mark Spain
Ethnicity	Black
Occupation	Journalist
Notable credit(s)	Evening Anchor Action News on WTEV/WAWS in Jacksonville, Florida
Title	News Anchor

Mark Spain is a weekday television news anchor alongside Paige Kelton on Action News at WTEV/WAWS in Jacksonville, Florida. He anchors all evening newscasts (5, 5:30, 6, 11 on WTEV and an hour long 10 p.m. newscast on WAWS).

Early life and education[link]

Spain's career began as a paper carrier for The Cleveland Press, while he was still in junior high school. After graduating from high school, he studied communications and received a BA from Cleveland State University.^[1]

Career[link]

Before his move to the Florida television market, Spain worked in the Cleveland area television market, initially as a news reporter for WEWS-TV, the local ABC affiliate. He then later served as the 5:00 pm co-anchor with Macie Jepson at WJW-TV, the local Fox TV affiliate, from 1996-2000. He would also serve as a fill-in anchor/reporter for the 10:00 PM weekday and the weekend news broadcasts. He then moved on to the Jacksonville market in 2000, originally under the employment of First Coast News. While at FCN, Mark co-anchored First Coast News at 7. He resigned from his positions there in 2007, to anchor CBS 47 News at 6 and FOX 30 News at 10 at WTEV and WAWS respectively. He replaced Russell Motley. After the duopoly rebranded into one brand, Action News, Mark was promoted to anchoring all evening newscasts alongside Paige Kelton.^[2]

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External links[link]

• Action News Mark Spain Bio