The Derfflinger class was a class of three battlecruisers of the German
Imperial Navy. The ships were ordered for the 1912 to 1913 Naval
Building Program of the German Imperial Navy as a reply to the Royal
Navy's three new Lion-class battlecruisers. The Derfflinger class ships
were larger and slightly slower than their predecessors, and had a
larger primary armament. The class comprised three ships: Derfflinger
(pictured), Lützow, and Hindenburg. All three saw active service with
the High Seas Fleet during World War I. Derfflinger was commissioned
shortly after the outbreak of war, and was present at most of the naval
actions in the North Sea, including the battles of Dogger Bank and
Jutland. Lützow was commissioned in August 1915, and only participated
in the raid on Yarmouth before being sunk at Jutland. Hindenburg,
commissioned in May 1917, saw no major action. Derfflinger and
Hindenburg were interned at Scapa Flow following the armistice in
November 1918. Rear Admiral Ludwig von Reuter, who was in command of the
interned High Seas Fleet, ordered the ships to be scuttled in an attempt
to prevent their possible seizure by the Royal Navy.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derfflinger-class_battlecruiser>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1593:
English playwright Christopher Marlowe was stabbed to death by
Ingram Frizer under mysterious circumstances.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Marlowe>
1899:
Female Old West outlaw Pearl Hart performed one of the last
recorded stagecoach robberies 30 miles (48 km) southeast of Globe,
Arizona.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pearl_Hart>
1911:
American race car driver Ray Harroun won the first running of
the Indianapolis 500 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indianapolis_500>
1961:
Dominican strongman Rafael Trujillo was ambushed by a group of
generals and assassinated.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rafael_Trujillo>
1998:
A 6.9 Mw earthquake struck northern Afghanistan, killing at
least 4,000 people, destroying more than 30 villages, and leaving 45,000
people homeless in the Afghan provinces of Takhar and Badakhshan.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/May_30,_1998_Afghanistan_earthquake>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
have Van Gogh's ear for music:
(humorous) To be tone-deaf.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/have_Van_Gogh%27s_ear_for_music>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
A person is strong only when he stands upon his own truth,
when he speaks and acts from his deepest convictions. Then, whatever the
situation he may be in, he always knows what he must say and do. He may
fall, but he cannot bring shame upon himself or his cause. If we seek
the liberation of the people by means of a lie, we will surely grow
confused, go astray, and lose sight of our objective, and if we have any
influence at all on the people we will lead them astray as well — in
other words, we will be acting in the spirit of reaction and to its
benefit.
--Mikhail Bakunin
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Mikhail_Bakunin>