The broad ligament is a(n) A) extensive mesentery that encloses the ovaries, uterine tubes, and uterus. B) thickened fold of mesentery that supports and stabilizes the position of the ovary. C) pocket formed between the posterior wall of the uterus and the anterior surface of the rectum.
PT-109 sinks; Lieutenant Kennedy is instrumental in saving crew. On this day in 1943, a Japanese destroyer rams an American PT (patrol torpedo) boat, No. 109, slicing it in two. The destruction is so massive other American PT boats in the area assume the crew is dead. Two crewmen were, in fact, killed, but 11 survived, including Lt. John F. Kennedy. Japanese aircraft had been on a PT boat hunt in the Solomon Islands, bombing the PT base at Rendova Island.
A Brave Ship. In 1606 the Dutch East India Company (VOC) sent the little ship Duyfken, captained by Willem Janszoon, to search for south and east lands beyond the furthest reaches of their known world.Leaving from Banda (Indonesia), Duyfken reached the Cape York Peninsula and charted 300km of the coast.n December Duyfken sets out on a second voyage to the Indies in the VOC fleet of Steven van der Haghen and with Willem Janszoon as skipper. In December Duyfken sets out on a second voyage to the Indies in the VOC fleet of Steven van der Haghen and with Willem Janszoon as skipper.