Date: December 25, 1915
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 📅…
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…
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 📅…
U-boat Campaign: The Imperial German Navy institutes unrestricted submarine warfare in the waters around Great Britain and Ireland. Date: February 18, 1915 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 18 📅 Events on this day in 1915 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1915World War I Chlorine Gas Attack at…
Albert Einstein presents the field equations of general relativity to the Prussian Academy of Sciences. Date: November 25, 1915 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 25 📅 Events on this day in 1915 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1915House Rejects Women’s Suffrage Amendment January 12, 1915Germany First Uses…
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…