6 December 1917: The Halifax Explosion—The city of Halifax, Nova Scotia was devastated & over two thousand persons killed when the French steamship Mont-Blanc, laden with volatile munitions, detonated after colliding with the Norwegian steamship Imo; the collision sparked a fire that quickly led to the largest man-made explosion in history, until the invention of the atomic bomb in 1945.
Lest we forget.
Bonus!
6 December 1917: The United States Navy destroyer U.S.S. Jacob Jones DD-61 was torpedoed & sunk by the Kaiserliche Marine submarine S.M. U-53; the U-53's captain, Hans Rose, was a submarine ace, having conducted a very successful commerce raiding patrol off the U.S. East Coast in 1916, while the U.S. was still neutral, including paying a courtesy visit to Newport, Rhode Island.
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