...Date... AGE Event
1915/--/-- -1 - A German submarine torpedoes the British liner Lusitania; 124 Americans are killed.
1915/--/-- -1 - Albert Einstein formulates his General Theory of Relativity.
1915/--/-- -1 - Anglo-French forces land at Gallipoli in an attempt to force Turkey out of the war.
1915/--/-- -1 - Austrian writer Franz Kafka publishes The Metamorphosis.
1915/--/-- -1 - D. W. Griffith's movie The Birth of a Nation is shown for the first time.
1915/--/-- -1 - Emiliano Zapata and Pancho Villa lead rebellions against Venustiano Carranza in Mexico.
1915/--/-- -1 - English author Somerset Maugham publishes Of Human Bondage.
1915/--/-- -1 - German Zeppelin airships begin bombing attacks on Britain.
1915/--/-- -1 - Italy joins the Allies and invades Austrian territory.
1915/--/-- -1 - President Wilson recognizes the Mexican government of Venustiano Carranza.
1915/--/-- -1 - Serbia is overrun by the combined forces of Austria, Germany and Bulgaria.
1915/--/-- -1 - The Anzacs (Australian and New Zealand Army Corps) fight at Gallipoli.
1915/--/-- -1 - The Dada art and literary movement is formed.
1915/--/-- -1 - The Germans use poison gas for the first time at Ypres on the Western Front.
1915/--/-- -1 - U.S. Marines land in Haiti, beginning a 20-year period of military occupation.
1915/--/-- -1 - War poet Rupert Brooke's 1914 and Other Poems is published in the year he dies.
1915/10/-- -1 - World Series NL PHILADELPHIA (1) AL BOSTON (4)
1915/12/17 0 *** Allen, Vera Ruth - Born to Griffin, Nora Lorene (Allen)
1916/--/-- 0 - Albert Einstein proposes General Theory of Relativity
1916/--/-- 0 - Allied forces withdraw from Gallipoli after strong Turkish opposition.
1916/--/-- 0 - American poet Carl Sandburg publishes his first book Chicago Poems.
1916/--/-- 0 - British forces assault the German line at the Somme; tanks are used for the first time.
1916/--/-- 0 - German assaults at Verdun are repulsed by the French with great loss of life.
1916/--/-- 0 - James Joyce publishes A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man.
1916/--/-- 0 - Jeannette Rankin becomes the first female member of U.S. House of Representatives.
1916/--/-- 0 - Lloyd George becomes prime minister of Britain's wartime coalition government.
1916/--/-- 0 - Margaret Sanger is arrested for opening a birth-control clinic in Brooklyn.
1916/--/-- 0 - North Sea storms flood lowlands in the Netherlands, 10,000 lives are lost.
1916/--/-- 0 - T. Tzara DADA
1916/--/-- 0 - The British and German fleets clash at the Battle of Jutland.
1916/--/-- 0 - The Easter Rising in Dublin is suppressed within a week by the British.
1916/--/-- 0 - The Russian Brusilov Offensive meets with success on the Eastern Front.
1916/--/-- 0 - The Trans-Siberian railway is completed -- the longest continuous rail line in the world.
1916/--/-- 0 - U.S. Marines land in Santo Domingo to quell unrest; the occupation lasts until 1924.
1916/--/-- 0 - U.S. troops under Pershing invade Mexico in retaliation for raids by Pancho Villa.
1916/10/-- 0 - World Series NL BROOKLYN (1) AL BOSTON (4)
1917/--/-- 1 - Adoption of the convoy system reduces Allied losses to German submarines.
1917/--/-- 1 - Anglo-American poet T.S. Eliot publishes The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock.
1917/--/-- 1 - Art critic and writer Guillaume Apollinaire coins the term surrealism.
1917/--/-- 1 - Astrophysicist Karl Schwarzschild develops the black hole theory.
1917/--/-- 1 - Blacks migrate north and west
1917/--/-- 1 - British forces attack the Germans in the Third Battle of Ypres.
1917/--/-- 1 - British forces under Allenby capture Jerusalem and Bagdhad from the Turks.
1917/--/-- 1 - Dutch artists Theo Van Doesburg and Piet Mondrian found the magazine de Stijl.
1917/--/-- 1 - English composer Gustav Holst completes The Planets.
1917/--/-- 1 - English humorist P.G. Wodehouse creates Bertie Wooster and his butler Jeeves.
1917/--/-- 1 - Germany announces the resumption of unrestricted submarine warfare.
1917/--/-- 1 - Italian forces are defeated by Austria at the Battle of Caporetto.
1917/--/-- 1 - Russian revolutions: communist U.S.S.R. formed
1917/--/-- 1 - Selective Service Act creates draft
1917/--/-- 1 - Swiss psychiatrist Carl Jung publishes The Psychology of the Unconscious.
1917/--/-- 1 - T.E. Lawrence (Lawrence of Arabia) leads the Arab revolt against the Turks.
1917/--/-- 1 - The Balfour Declaration endorses a Jewish national homeland in Palestine.
1917/--/-- 1 - The Germans and the Bolshevik leaders sign an armistice at Brest-Litovsk.
1917/--/-- 1 - The Germans help Lenin return to Russia from exile in Switzerland.
1917/--/-- 1 - The Jones Act gives all Puerto Ricans the right to U.S. citizenship.
1917/--/-- 1 - The Russian Revolution begins; Emperor Nicholas II abdicates.
1917/--/-- 1 - The U.S. purchases the Virgin Islands from Denmark.
1917/--/-- 1 - The United States declares war on Germany.
1917/--/-- 1 - The Zimmermann note proposing a secret Mexican alliance with Germany is revealed.
1917/--/-- 1 - The disastrous Nivelle Offensive leads to mutinies in the French Army.
1917/--/-- 1 - The earliest jazz recordings are made in New York City.
1917/--/-- 1 - The first Pulitzer Prizes are awarded for journalism, letters and music.
1917/--/-- 1 - The provisional Kerensky government is deposed; Bolsheviks seize power in Russia.
1917/01/27 1 *** Allen, Vera Ruth - Died
1917/02/14 1 *** Allen, William Paul [Brother] - Born to Griffin, Nora Lorene (Allen)
1917/04/30 1 *** Zachary, Wille Clyde [1st cousin once removed] - Born to Zachary, Thomas Marion and Griffin, Sarah Lou Ella (Zachary)
1917/06/22 1 *** Lee, Mary Emiline (Griffin) [Great Grandmother] - Died Albany, Kentucky Peolia Cemetery
1917/10/-- 1 - World Series NL NEW YORK (2) AL CHICAGO (4)
In 1915 Transportation was by:
Foot
Horse
Bicycle
Train
Steamboat
Balloon
Propeller airplane
In 1915 Communications was by:
Word of Mouth
Post Office
Telegraph
Telephone
In 1915 Food Preparation was by:
Wood
In 1915 Entertainment was by:
Social Intercourse
Organized Sports
Travel
Professional Sports
Movies
Radio
Television
Theme parks
Computer
In 1915 Health Care was by:
Operations
Anesthetic
X-Rays
MRI
In 1915 War Making was by:
gun
Artillery
Machine guns
Submarine
Iron Clad ships
TNT
Mines
By 1917 War Making was by:
tank
Chemical agents
Aeroplane
in addition.
In 1915 Navigation was by:
Stars & Maps
Compass
from the SFHR database of Duane Bristow 03-13-2021 19:58:26