Date: February 19, 1915
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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 β π Other events on August 15 π …
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 β π Other events on February 18 π Events on this day in 1915 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1915World War I: Second Battle of Artois…
HMS Princess Irene explodes and sinks off Sheerness, Kent, with the loss of 352 lives. Date: May 27, 1915 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on May 27 π Events on this day in 1915 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1915Lusitania Sunk by U-20, Killing 1,199, Shifts U.S. Opinion, May…
Leutnant Kurt Wintgens of the then-named German Deutsches Heer's Fliegertruppe army air service achieves the first known aerial victory with a synchronized machine-gun armed fighter plane, the Fokker M.5K/MG Eindecker. Date: July 1, 1915 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on July 1 π Events on this day in 1915 π On This…
World War I: Combined Austro-Hungarian and German Central Powers, reinforced by the recently joined Bulgaria launched a new offensive against Serbia under command of August von Mackensen. Date: October 6, 1915 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on October 6 π Events on this day in 1915 π On This Day (Today) More…
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 β π Other events on January 24 π Events on this day in 1915 π On This Day (Today) More events…