Armenian Genocide Begins: Arrest of 250 Intellectuals in Istanbul, April 24, 1915
Date: April 24, 1915
Date: April 24, 1915
World War I: Second Battle of Artois between German and French forces. Date: May 9, 1915 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on May 9 π Events on this day in 1915 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1915Denmark Amends Constitution to Allow Womenβs Suffrage, June 5, 1915World War I Gallipoli…
Babe Ruth, then a pitcher for the Boston Red Sox, hits his first major league home run. Date: May 6, 1915 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on May 6 π Events on this day in 1915 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1915World War I: Germany Uses Poison Gas at…
World War I: German submarine U-20 sinks RMS Lusitania, killing 1,199 people, including 128 Americans. Public reaction to the sinking turns many former pro-Germans in the United States against the German Empire. Date: May 7, 1915 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on May 7 π Events on this day in 1915 π …
Leutnant Kurt Wintgens of the then-named German Deutsches Heer's Fliegertruppe army air service achieves the first known aerial victory with a synchronized machine-gun armed fighter plane, the Fokker M.5K/MG Eindecker. Date: July 1, 1915 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on July 1 π Events on this day in 1915 π On This…
Three trains collide in the Quintinshill rail disaster near Gretna Green, Scotland, killing 227 people and injuring 246. Date: May 22, 1915 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on May 22 π Events on this day in 1915 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1915Typhoid Mary Quarantined Again as Healthy Carrier,…
World War I: During the Battle of Gallipoli, three battleships are sunk during a failed British and French naval attack on the Dardanelles. Date: March 18, 1915 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on March 18 π Events on this day in 1915 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1915US Supreme…