Date: April 25, 1915
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 1915Italy Secretly Signs Treaty of London, Joins Allies – April 26, 1915US Supreme Court Strikes Down Oklahoma Grandfather Clause,…
RMS Lusitania departs from New York City on her 202nd, and final, crossing of the North Atlantic. Six days later, the ship is torpedoed off the coast of Ireland with the loss of 1,198 lives. Date: May 1, 1915 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 1 📅 Events on this day in…
William Jennings Bryan resigns as Woodrow Wilson's Secretary of State over a disagreement regarding the United States' handling of the sinking of the RMS Lusitania. Date: June 9, 1915 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 9 📅 Events on this day in 1915 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1915World…
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…
A story in New York World newspaper reveals that the Imperial German government had purchased excess phenol from Thomas Edison that could be used to make explosives for the war effort and diverted it to Bayer for aspirin production. Date: August 15, 1915 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 15 📅…
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 → 📅 Other events on May 22 📅 Events on this day in 1915 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1915HMS Princess Irene Explodes and Sinks Off…