The Russian battleship Potemkin was a pre-dreadnought battleship built for the Imperial Russian Navy's Black Sea Fleet and launched 9 October 1900. The crew's rebellion against the officers in June 1905 (during that year's revolution) is now viewed as a first step towards the Russian Revolution of 1917. After the mutineers sought asylum in Constanța, Romania, and the Russians recovered the ship, her name was changed to Panteleimon. She accidentally sank a Russian submarine in 1909 and was badly damaged when she ran aground in 1911. During World War I, Panteleimon participated in the Battle of Cape Sarych in late 1914 and covered several bombardments of the Ottoman Bosphorus fortifications in early 1915. The ship was relegated to secondary roles after the first Russian dreadnought battleship entered service in late 1915. Panteleimon was captured when the Germans took Sevastopol in May 1918 and was handed over to the Allies after the Armistice in November 1918. She was abandoned when the White Russians evacuated the Crimea in 1920 and was finally scrapped by the Soviets in 1923. The 1905 mutiny inspired Sergei Eisenstein's 1925 silent propaganda film The Battleship Potemkin.
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_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:
1446:
Scholars in the court of Sejong the Great promulgated the new Korean alphabet, now known as Hangul (sample pictured). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hangul
1831:
Ioannis Kapodistrias, the Greek head of state and the founder of Greek independence, was assassinated in Nafplion. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ioannis_Kapodistrias
1913:
The ocean liner SS Volturno caught fire in the middle of a gale in the North Atlantic, burned, and sank, resulting in about 130 deaths. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Volturno_(1906)
1986:
The Phantom of the Opera, a musical by Andrew Lloyd Webber currently the longest-running Broadway show in history, opened in London's West End. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Phantom_of_the_Opera_(1986_musical)
2006:
North Korea conducted a nuclear test, reportedly near Kilchu, with an explosive force of less than one kiloton, that was condemned and denounced by many countries and the United Nations Security Council. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006_North_Korean_nuclear_test
_____________________________ Wiktionary's word of the day:
up sticks: (Britain, colloquial) To go live in a different place. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/up_sticks
___________________________ Wikiquote quote of the day:
The celebrated Mr. K. Performs his feat on Saturday at Bishops Gate The Hendersons will dance and sing As Mr. Kite flies through the ring don't be late Messrs. K and H. assure the public Their production will be second to none And of course Henry the Horse dances the waltz! --John Lennon https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/John_Lennon