The Borodino-class battlecruisers were a group of four battlecruisers ordered by the Imperial Russian Navy before World War I for service with the Baltic Fleet. Construction of the ships was delayed by a lack of capacity among domestic factories and the need to order some components from abroad. The start of the war in 1914 slowed their construction still further. All of the ships were launched in 1915–1916, but it became evident that Russian industry would not be able to complete them during the war. The Russian Revolution of 1917 halted all work on the ships. Although some consideration was given to finishing the hulls that were nearest to completion, they were all eventually sold for scrap by the Soviet Union. The Soviet Navy proposed to convert Izmail (pictured), the ship closest to completion, to an aircraft carrier in 1925, but the plan was cancelled after political manoeuvring by the Red Army led to funding not being available. (This article is part of a featured topic: Battlecruisers of the world.).
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_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:
1834:
Most of the Palace of Westminster in London was destroyed in a fire caused by the burning of wooden tally sticks. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burning_of_Parliament
1944:
A four-day air battle over Taiwan ended with a decisive American victory, destroying hundreds of Japanese aircraft and military facilities. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Formosa_Air_Battle
2017:
The Maltese journalist and anti-corruption activist Daphne Caruana Galizia was killed in a car bomb attack in Bidnija. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daphne_Caruana_Galizia
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egg: 1. (countable, zoology) 2. An approximately spherical or ellipsoidal body produced by birds, insects, reptiles, and other animals, housing the embryo within a membrane or shell during its development. 3. (specifically, countable) The edible egg (sense 1.1) of a domestic fowl such as a duck, goose, or, especially, a chicken; (uncountable) the contents of such an egg or eggs used as food. 4. (by extension, countable) A food item shaped to resemble an egg (sense 1.1.1), such as a chocolate egg. 5. (also cytology) Synonym of ovum (“the female gamete of an animal”); an egg cell. 6. (countable) A thing which looks like or is shaped like an egg (sense 1.1). 7. A swelling on one's head, usually large or noticeable, resulting from an injury. 8. (architecture) Chiefly in egg and dart: an ornamental oval moulding alternating in a row with dart or triangular shapes. 9. (chiefly sports) A score of zero; specifically (cricket), a batter's failure to score; a duck egg or duck's egg. 10. (military, dated) A bomb or mine. 11. (countable, figuratively) 12. Senses relating to people. 13. (informal, dated) A person; a fellow. [...] 14. (Internet slang, derogatory, dated) A user of the microblogging service Twitter identified by the default avatar (historically an image of an egg (sense 1.1.1)) rather than a custom image; hence, a newbie or noob. 15. (transgender slang) A person regarded as having not yet realized they are transgender, or who has not yet come out as transgender or is in the early stages of transitioning; also, one's lack of awareness that one is transgender. 16. (New Zealand, derogatory) A foolish or obnoxious person. 17. (derogatory, obsolete) A young person. 18. (archaic) Something regarded as containing a (usually bad) thing at an early stage. 19. (computing) One of the blocks of data injected into a program's address space for use by certain forms of shellcode, such as "omelettes". […] https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/egg
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