Date: January 19, 1915
World War I: British Grand Fleet battle cruisers under Vice-Admiral Sir David Beatty engage Rear-Admiral Franz von Hipper's battle cruisers in the Battle of Dogger Bank. Date: January 24, 1915 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 24 📅 Events on this day in 1915 📅 On This Day (Today) More events…
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: 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 United States House of Representatives rejects a proposed constitutional amendment to require states to give women the right to vote. Date: January 12, 1915 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 12 📅 Events on this day in 1915 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1915U.S. Congress Creates United…
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 1915Zimmerwald Conference Begins: Pacifist Anti-War Meeting, September…
World War I: The Second Battle of Champagne begins. Date: September 25, 1915 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 25 📅 Events on this day in 1915 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1915French Rescue 4,000 Armenian Genocide Survivors at Musa Dagh, September 12, 1915Avezzano Earthquake Strikes Italy, Kills…