The Scorpion contained highly sophisticated spy gear and spy manuals, two nuclear-tipped torpedoes, and a nuclear propulsion system. The boat was officially declared 'lost' on 5 June 1968. End October 1968 the wreck was discovered in more than 3.000m of water. (22 May 1968)
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Monday 25th of February 1980 (x) — Literary theorist, philosopher, linguist and semiotician Roland Barthes is hit by a laundry van. Barthes died on 26 March from the chest injuries he sustained in that collision.