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From today's featured article The Derfflinger class was a class of three battlecruisers of the Imperial German Navy. The ships were ordered for the 1912 to 1913 Naval Building Program of the German Imperial Navy as a reply to the Royal Navy's three new Lion-class battlecruisers. The Derfflinger class ships were larger and slightly slower than their predecessors, and had a larger primary armament. The class comprised three ships: Derfflinger (pictured), Lützow, and Hindenburg. All three saw active service with the High Seas Fleet during World War I. Derfflinger was commissioned shortly after the outbreak of war, and was present at most of the naval actions in the North Sea, including the battles of Dogger Bank and Jutland. Lützow was commissioned in August 1915, and only participated in the raid on Yarmouth before being sunk at Jutland. Hindenburg, commissioned in May 1917, saw no major action. Derfflinger and Hindenburg were interned at Scapa Flow following the armistice in November 1918. Rear Admiral Ludwig von Reuter, who was in command of the interned High Seas Fleet, ordered the ships to be scuttled in an attempt to prevent their possible seizure by the Royal Navy. (Full article...) Recently featured: Sawtooth National Forest – Roy Dowling – Sonatas and Interludes Did you know... From Wikipedia's new and recently improved content: ... that Nitro (pictured) is a roller coaster that features five inversions during each cycle of two and a half minutes? ... that in a famous story in the Zhuangzi, Zhuangzi woke up from a dream wondering whether he was Zhuangzi dreaming of being a butterfly, or a butterfly dreaming of being him? ... that after Spanish academic and politician Manuel Broseta was assassinated by ETA in 1992, a foundation named after him has handed out a Coexistence Prize every year? ... that the farm of Økern is mentioned in documents dating from the 13th century? ... that Lilian Helen Alexander was one of the first five women to study medicine at the University of Melbourne and the first female student admitted to an Australian residential college? ... that Fay Crocker is the oldest golfer to win a major championship on the LPGA Tour? ... that female Neotrogla have penis-like genitalia which are used to penetrate males during mating sessions lasting up to 70 hours?

In the news Abdel Fattah el-Sisi is elected President of Egypt. American author and civil rights activist Maya Angelou dies at the age of 86. Petro Poroshenko (pictured) is elected President of Ukraine. In motorsport, Ryan Hunter-Reay wins the Indianapolis 500. In ice hockey, the World Championship concludes with Russia defeating Finland in the final. The EU election concludes with the European People's Party group maintaining its plurality of seats in the European Parliament. In badminton, Japan wins the Thomas Cup for the first time, while China wins the Uber Cup. Ongoing: Ukrainian unrest – Balkan flooding Recent deaths: Wojciech Jaruzelski On this day... May 30: Lod Massacre Remembrance Day in Puerto Rico 1593 – English playwright Christopher Marlowe was stabbed to death by Ingram Frizer under mysterious circumstances. 1899 – Female Old West outlaw Pearl Hart performed one of the last recorded stagecoach robberies 30 miles (48 km) southeast of Globe, Arizona. 1911 – American race car driver Ray Harroun won the first running of the Indianapolis 500 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. 1961 – Dominican strongman Rafael Trujillo (pictured) was ambushed by a group of generals and assassinated. 1998 – A 6.9 Mw earthquake struck northern Afghanistan, killing at least 4,000 people, destroying more than 30 villages, and leaving 45,000 people homeless in the Afghan provinces of Takhar and Badakhshan. More anniversaries: May 29 – May 30 – May 31 It is now May 30, 2014 (UTC) – Reload this page

From today's featured list The main Star Trek: The Next Generation cast members were announced on May 15, 1987. The initial press release highlighted the casting of LeVar Burton, known for appearing in the miniseries Roots, as Geordi La Forge. The only other two members of the cast mentioned were Patrick Stewart as Jean-Luc Picard (pictured) and Jonathan Frakes as William Riker. Michael Dorn was cast as Worf and was intended to appear in seven of the first thirteen episodes, but after Dorn's performance in the pilot "Encounter at Farpoint", this role was expanded to a series regular. During casting, the role of Deanna Troi was originally assigned to Denise Crosby, with Marina Sirtis cast as Security Chief Macha Hernandez. Executive producer Gene Roddenberry believed that Sirtis would be better in the role of Troi and switched the two actresses; Crosby was cast as an earlier version of the security chief, called Tasha Yar. Gates McFadden as Beverly Crusher was dropped after season one, but returned in season three. (Full list...)

Today's featured picture A map of Lorentz National Park in the Indonesian province of Papua. Named for the Dutch explorer Hendrikus Albertus Lorentz, this 25,056 km2 (9,674 mi2) park – the largest in South-East Asia – was established in 1997 and designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1999. The park is significant for its biodiversity, much of it unknown to Western science, as well as its varied ecoregions. Map: Sémhur and Elekhh Recently featured: Gran Sabana – The Deserted House – NGC 4449

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