Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition: SY Aurora Breaks Loose in Gale, May 6, 1915

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) More events from 1915Guadalajara Train…

The U.S. Supreme Court hands down its decision in Guinn v. United States 238 US 347 1915, striking down Oklahoma grandfather clause legislation which had the effect of denying the right to vote to blacks. Date: June 21, 1915 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 21 📅 Events on this day…

World War I: British nurse Edith Cavell is executed by a German firing squad for helping Allied soldiers escape from occupied Belgium. Date: October 12, 1915 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 12 📅 Events on this day in 1915 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1915Typhoid Mary Quarantined…

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…

German strategic bombing during World War I: German zeppelins bomb the towns of Great Yarmouth and King's Lynn in the United Kingdom killing at least 20 people, in the first major aerial bombardment of a civilian target. Date: January 19, 1915 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 19 📅 Events on…