Today in History 10/21 (Battle of Trafalgar)

Painting Denis Dighton of the Battle of Trafalgar, depicting the the fatal injury of Admiral Nelson (© Universal History Archive/UIG via Getty Images)(1805) Napoleon’s navy soundly defeated by Nelson
England expects that every man will do his duty. With this signal from his flagship HMS Victory, British Admiral Horatio Nelson begins five of the most decisive hours in maritime military history as his fleet takes on a French and Spanish coalition of ships at the Battle of Trafalgar.
The Battle of Trafalgar was a naval engagement fought by the British Royal Navy against the combined fleets of the French and Spanish Navies, during the War of the Third Coalition of the Napoleonic Wars.
Date: Oct 21, 1805

Report of casualties suffered by the Spanish army at the Battle of Trafalgar, written 15 days after the battle
Report of casualties suffered by the Spanish army at the Battle of Trafalgar, written 15 days after the battle. The text says “News in figure of the dead and wounded that each ship has had in the action of October 21, according to which it was possible to acquire (…) Cadiz, November 5, 1805”. The ships are the Prince, Santa Ana, Trinidad, Rayo, San Ildefonso, San Agustín, San Juan, Neptuno, Monarca, Montañés, San Justo, Assisi, Leandro, Bahama and Argonauta.
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(1805) Napoleon’s navy soundly defeated by Nelson.
Also on this day,

1797 | America’s new 44-gun frigate USS Constitution glides into Boston Harbor as ‘Old Ironside’ launched
Christened with a bottle of madeira, the USS Constitution is launched in Boston Harbor as one of the biggest war ships of her day. She’ll earn the nickname ‘Old Ironsides’ in the War of 1812, dodge the scrap heap many times, and survive to sail under her own power in 2012.
1854 | Nightingale off to war as nurse journeys to the heart of battle
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1923 | Museumgoers see stars as first modern planetarium makes its debut
The Carl Zeiss Company exhibits the first planetarium at the Deutsches Museum in Munich, Germany. It gets a rave review from astronomer Elis Stromgren, who writes, ‘The planetarium is school, theater, and cinema in one classroom under the eternal dome of the sky.’

Today in History 10/21/17

Illustration of the USS Constitution or 'Old Ironsides,' circa 1930 (© GraphicaArtis/Getty Images)(1797) America's new 44-gun frigate glides into Boston Harbor
Christened with a bottle of madeira, the USS Constitution is launched in Boston Harbor as one of the biggest war ships of her day. She'll earn the nickname 'Old Ironsides' in the War of 1812, dodge the scrap heap many times, and survive to sail under her own power in 2012.
USS Constitution is a wooden-hulled, three-masted heavy frigate of the United States Navy, named by President George Washington after the Constitution of the United States of America. She is the world's oldest commissioned naval vessel afloat. Constitution was launched in 1797, one of six original frigates authorized for construction by the Naval Act of 1794 and the third constructed. Joshua Humphreys designed the frigates to be the young Navy's capital ships, and so Constitution and her sisters were larger and more heavily armed and built than standard frigates of the period. She was built in the North End of Boston, Massachusetts at Edmund Hartt's shipyard. Her first duties with the newly formed U.S. Navy were to provide protection for American merchant shipping during the Quasi-War with France and to defeat the Barbary pirates in the First Barbary War.
Address: 3rd St, Boston, MA 02129
Phone: (617) 242-5670
Length: 203 feet (62 m)
Keel laid: 1795
Launched: Oct 10, 1797
Beam: 43' 8" (13.30 m)
USS Constitution fires a 17-gun salute
BOSTON (July 4, 2014) USS Constitution fires a 17-gun salute near U.S. Coast Guard Base Boston during the ship's Independence Day underway demonstration in Boston Harbor. Constitution got underway with more than 300 guests to celebrate America's independence. (U.S. Navy photo by Seaman Matthew R. Fairchild/Released) 140704-N-OG138-866

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