SMS Kaiser Friedrich III was the lead ship of the Kaiser Friedrich III
class of five pre-dreadnought battleships. Laid down in Wilhelmshaven in
March 1895, the ship was launched in July 1896, entered service in
October 1899, and became the flagship of I Squadron of the German Home
Fleet in 1900. The battleship was armed with a main battery of four
24-centimeter (9.4 in) guns, supported by a secondary battery of
eighteen 15 cm (5.9 in) guns. In 1901, the vessel was severely damaged
striking submerged rocks; this led to design changes in later German
battleships. Kaiser Friedrich III was extensively modernized in 1908
and placed in the Reserve Formation in 1910. Though obsolete, the aging
battleship served as a coastal defence ship in the early months of World
War I. The vessel was withdrawn from service by February 1915, and was
later employed as a prison ship and a barracks ship, before being broken
up in 1920. (This article is part of a featured topic: Battleships of
Germany.).
Read more:
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1922:
Seven of the sixteen American railroad labor organizations
staged a nationwide strike (striking workers pictured) that lasted two
months.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Railroad_Strike_of_1922>
1979:
Sony introduced the Walkman, a portable audio player that
changed listening habits by offering users the ability to play one's own
choice of music.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walkman>
2002:
Bashkirian Airlines Flight 2937 and DHL Flight 611 collided
in mid-air over Überlingen, Germany, killing all 71 people aboard both
aircraft.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2002_%C3%9Cberlingen_mid-air_collision>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
dossard:
(cycle racing) A bib attached to the back of a cyclist's shirt that
carries the cyclist's race number.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/dossard>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
I have dedicated my career to public service because I love this
country and our Constitution and the rights that make us free. … It
has taken 232 years and 115 prior appointments for a Black woman to be
selected to serve on the Supreme Court of the United States — but
we've made it. … So as I take on this new role, I strongly believe
that this is a moment in which all Americans can take great pride. We
have come a long way toward perfecting our union. In my family, it took
just one generation to go from segregation to the Supreme Court of the
United States. And it is an honor — the honor of a lifetime — for
me to have this chance to join the Court, to promote the rule of law at
the highest level, and to do my part to carry our shared project of
democracy and equal justice under law forward, into the future.
--Ketanji Brown Jackson
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Ketanji_Brown_Jackson>