SM U-66 was the lead ship of the Type U-66 U-boats (submarines) for the
German Imperial Navy during World War I. The submarine had been laid
down in November 1913 by Germaniawerft of Kiel for the Austro-Hungarian
Navy, who then sold the entire class to the German Imperial Navy after
the outbreak of war appeared to make delivery to the Adriatic
impossible. Redesigned and reconstructed to German specifications, U-66
was launched in April 1915 and commissioned in July. The boat was 228
feet (69 m) long and was armed with five torpedo tubes and a deck gun.
As a part of the Baltic and 4th Flotillas, U-66 sank 24 ships with a
combined gross register tonnage of 69,967 in six war patrols. After
reporting her position in the North Sea on 3 September 1917, neither the
U-boat nor any of her 40-man crew were ever heard from again. A postwar
German study offered no explanation for her loss, although British
records suggest that she may have struck a mine in the Dogger Bank area.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SM_U-66>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1519:
Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés established a settlement
in Mexico, naming it "Villa Rica de la Vera Cruz" ("Rich village of the
True Cross").
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veracruz_(city)>
1864:
The U.S. Congress passed the Coinage Act, authorizing the
minting of a two-cent coin, the first U.S. coin to bear the phrase "In
God we trust".
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_God_we_trust>
1930:
France, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom, and the United States
signed the London Naval Treaty, regulating submarine warfare and
limiting military ship building.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_Naval_Treaty>
1951:
Korean War: The People's Volunteer Army of China attacked
positions occupied mainly by Australian and Canadian forces, starting
the Battle of Kapyong.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Kapyong>
1983:
The West German news magazine Stern published excerpts from
what purported to be the diaries of Adolf Hitler, which were
subsequently revealed to be forgeries.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hitler_Diaries>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
crosswordese:
The jargon of crossword puzzle answers, classically consisting of rare,
archaic, or dialectal words.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/crosswordese>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
We live in deeds, not years; in thoughts, not breaths; In
feelings, not in figures on a dial. We should count time by heart-
throbs. He most lives Who thinks most, feels the noblest, acts the best.
Life's but a means unto an end; that end Beginning, mean, and end to all
things, — God.
--Philip James Bailey
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Philip_James_Bailey>