HMS Temeraire was a 98-gun ship of the line of the British Navy,
serving in the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. Built at
Chatham Dockyard, Temeraire was launched in 1798 and commissioned in
1799. After years of routine duties she joined Horatio Nelson's fleet in
1805. At the Battle of Trafalgar she was just astern of Nelson's
flagship, HMS Victory. During the battle Temeraire came to Victory's
rescue, and fought and captured two French ships, winning public renown
in Britain. She served routinely until 1813 when she was laid up. She
later acted as a prison ship, a receiving ship, a victualling depot, and
a guard ship. She was sold in 1838 and towed up the Thames to be broken
up. Her last voyage is depicted in a J. M. W. Turner oil painting
(pictured), which was greeted with critical acclaim. The painting was
voted Britain's favourite painting in a 2005 BBC Radio 4 poll, and a
reproduction appears on the 2020 Bank of England £20 note.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Temeraire_%281798%29>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1924:
French composer Gabriel Fauré finished his last composition, a
string quartet, before dying two months later.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gabriel_Faur%C3%A9>
1945:
The Japanese-run camp at Batu Lintang, Sarawak, in Borneo was
liberated by the Australian 9th Division, averting the planned massacre
of its 2,000-plus Allied POWs and civilian internees by four days.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batu_Lintang_camp>
2001:
Al-Qaeda hijacked four passenger airliners to carry out a
series of terrorist attacks (second attack pictured) against targets in
New York City and the Washington, D.C., area.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/September_11_attacks>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
rouille:
(cooking) A type of sauce from Provence, France, often served with fish
dishes, consisting of olive oil with breadcrumbs, chili peppers, garlic,
and saffron.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/rouille>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
Not very long ago some one invented the assertion that there were
only "Four Hundred" people in New York City who were really worth
noticing. But a wiser man has arisen — the census taker — and his
larger estimate of human interest has been preferred in marking out the
field of these little stories of the "Four Million".
--O. Henry
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/O._Henry>