Date: May 7, 1915
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 → 📅 Other events on May 7 📅 Events on this day in 1915 📅…
The passenger ship SS Eastland capsizes while tied to a dock in the Chicago River. A total of 844 passengers and crew are killed in the largest loss of life disaster from a single shipwreck on the Great Lakes. Date: July 24, 1915 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 24 📅 Events…
World War I: Entente forces land in Thessaloniki, to open the Macedonian front against the Central Powers. Date: October 6, 1915 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 6 📅 Events on this day in 1915 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1915Last British Liberal Government Falls, May 17, 1915World…
Kiwanis International is founded in Detroit. Date: January 21, 1915 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 21 📅 Events on this day in 1915 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1915Alexander Graham Bell Inaugurates U.S. Transcontinental Telephone Service, January 25, 1915Patrick Pearse Gives “Ireland Unfree Shall Never Be at…
Japan issues the "Twenty-One Demands" to the Republic of China in a bid to increase its power in East Asia. Date: January 18, 1915 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 18 📅 Events on this day in 1915 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1915German Government Bought Edison Phenol…
Typhoid Mary, the first healthy carrier of disease ever identified in the United States, is put in quarantine for the second time, where she would remain for the rest of her life. Date: March 27, 1915 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 27 📅 Events on this day in 1915 📅…