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 → 📅 Other events on May 6 📅 Events on this day in 1915 📅 On This Day (Today)
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…
World War I: Italy secretly signs the Treaty of London pledging to join the Allied Powers. Date: April 26, 1915 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 26 📅 Events on this day in 1915 📅 On This Day (Today)
World War I: The Battle of Gallipoli begins: The invasion of the Turkish Gallipoli Peninsula by British, French, Indian, Newfoundland, Australian and New Zealand troops begins with landings at Anzac Cove and Cape Helles. Date: April 25, 1915 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 25 📅 Events on this day in…
The arrest of 250 Armenian intellectuals and community leaders in Istanbul marks the beginning of the Armenian genocide. Date: April 24, 1915 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 24 📅 Events on this day in 1915 📅 On This Day (Today)
World War I: The use of poison gas in World War I escalates when chlorine gas is released as a chemical weapon in the Second Battle of Ypres. Date: April 22, 1915 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 22 📅 Events on this day in 1915 📅 On This Day (Today)
World War I: French pilot Roland Garros is shot down and glides to a landing on the German side of the lines. Date: April 18, 1915 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 18 📅 Events on this day in 1915 📅 On This Day (Today)
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 📅…
The Vancouver Millionaires win the 1915 Stanley Cup Final, the first championship played between the Pacific Coast Hockey Association and the National Hockey Association. Date: March 26, 1915 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 26 📅 Events on this day in 1915 📅 On This Day (Today)
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 → 📅 Other events on March 18 📅 Events on this day in 1915 📅 On This Day (Today)