Timeline Thursday 29 June 1905

Events on Thursday 29 June 1905 1

• 1905 Mutiny aboard the battleship Potemkin Crew revolt over rotten meat spreads to Odessa Sailors on the Russian battleship Potemkin mutinied after being served maggot-infested meat, killing several officers and taking control of the ship. The mutineers sailed to Odessa, where their arrival coincided with a bloody crackdown on striking workers. The episode became a lasting symbol of revolutionary defiance, later dramatized in Sergei Eisenstein's 1925 film.