On June 10, 1918 the Austro-Hungarian dreadnought Szent Istvan was sunk by two 18" torpedoes fired by the Italian MAS-15 during an attempted raid on the Otranto Barrage.
Her sinking was filmed from the dreadnought Tegetthoff.
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The French Magenta and the Solferino were the only two-decked broadside ironclads ever built, and the first to include an iron ram in their design. Commissioned in 1862-3, the Magenta caught fire in her galley and blew up in 1875; the Solferino was condemned in 1882.
On this day in 1899, Carrie Nation begins her career of extreme temperance work by destroying the stock of a saloon in Kiowa, Kansas.
She started with throwing rocks; the hatchet came later.
Just looked at the latest election returns from our County Elections Office here in Central California.
If this County was truly reflective of the rest of the state, gubernatorial candidates Steve Hilton and Chad Bianco would be heading for the election in November.
I live among troglodytes.
There must have been something satisfying about being aboard the Nevada shelling the Norman coast on D-Day.
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