SS Kroonland was an ocean liner for International Mercantile Marine
(IMM) from her launch in 1902 until she was scrapped in 1927. When
completed by William Cramp & Sons of Philadelphia, she was the largest-
ever United States steamship. Kroonland sailed for IMM's Red Star Line
for 12 years, mostly on the route between New York City and Antwerp, and
later sailed for IMM's American Line and Panama Pacific Line. Kroonland
was one of ten ships that came to the aid of the burning liner Volturno
in the mid-Atlantic in October 1913. Despite stormy seas, Kroonland
took aboard 89 survivors. In 1915, she became the largest passenger
vessel to that point to pass through the Panama Canal. During and after
World War I, the ship served as U.S. Army transport USAT Kroonland
through April 1918, and as the Navy auxiliary USS Kroonland (ID-1541)
from April 1918 to October 1919. After being returned to IMM, she
continued on various passenger routes until 1926. She was sold and
scrapped the following year.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Kroonland>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1891:
Shoshone National Forest, in the U.S. state of Wyoming, was
established as the country's first national forest.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shoshone_National_Forest>
1913:
Thousands of women marched in Washington, D.C. (program cover
pictured) "in a spirit of protest" against the exclusion of women from
American society.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woman_Suffrage_Procession>
1924:
The Ottoman Caliphate, the world's last widely recognized
caliphate, was abolished.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abolition_of_the_Caliphate>
1991:
Motorist Rodney King was beaten by Los Angeles Police
Department officers during an arrest, causing public outrage that
increased tensions between the African-American community and the police
department over police brutality and social inequality.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rodney_King>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
black swan:
1. Cygnus atratus, a swan with black plumage and a red bill which is
endemic to Australia.
2. (figurative)
3. Something believed impossible or not to exist, especially if an
example is subsequently found; also, something extremely rare; a rara
avis.
4. (specifically, also attributive) A rare and hard-to-predict event
with major consequences.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/black_swan>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
Everybody continually tries to get away with as much as he can;
and society is a marvelous machine which allows decent people to be
cruel without realizing it.
--Émile Chartier
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/%C3%89mile_Chartier>
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