January 2 – The De Young Museum opens in Golden Gate Park, San Francisco January 20 — British K-class submarine HMS K5 sinks in the English Channel. All 56 on board die. January 21 – The film The Kid, written, produced, directed by and starring Charlie Chaplin, with Jackie Coogan, is released in the United …
January 2 — The first Red Scare in the United States – 4025 suspected communists and anarchists are arrested and held without trial in several cities January 7 – In the Russian Civil War, the forces of Russian White Admiral Alexander Kolchak surrender in Krasnoyarsk – the Great Siberian Ice March ensues January 16 – …
January 1 – HMY Iolaire sinks off the coast of the Hebrides, 201 people, mostly servicemen returning home to Lewis and Harris, are killed. January 1 – The Czechoslovak Legions occupy the Pressburg (now Bratislava), enforcing its incorporation into the new republic of Czechoslovakia. January 3 — The Faisal—Weizmann Agreement is signed by Emir Faisal …
January 8 — Woodrow Wilson delivers his Fourteen Points speech January 27 — The Finnish Civil War begins with the Battle of Kämärä February 1 — Austrian sailors in the Gulf of Cattaro, led by two Czech Socialists, mutiny February 6 — The Representation of the People Act gives most women over 30 the vote …
January 9 — At the Battle of Rafa, the last substantial Ottoman Army garrison on the Sinai Peninsula is captured by the Egyptian Expeditionary Force January 11 — Unknown saboteurs set off the Kingsland Explosion, one of the events leading to United States involvement in WWI January 19 — A blast at a munitions factory …
January 1 — The British Royal Army Medical Corps carries out the first successful blood transfusion, using blood that had been stored and cooled. January 10 — In the Erzurum Offensive, Russia inflicts a defeat on the Ottoman Empire. January 13 – Ottoman Empire forces defeat the Allied British in the Battle of Wadi. February …
The Centuries of Sound episode for 1915 is now up for Patreon subscribers – get early access and my radio podcast where I discuss the music at https://www.patreon.com/centuriesofsound January 1 – The Royal Navy battleship HMS Formidable is sunk off Lyme Regis, by an Imperial German Navy U-boat, with the loss of 547 crew. January …
January 1 — The St. Petersburg—Tampa Airboat Line in the United States starts services between St. Petersburg and Tampa, Florida, becoming the first airline to provide scheduled passenger services January 9 — The Phi Beta Sigma fraternity is founded by African American students at Howard University, in Washington, D.C February 2 — Charlie Chaplin makes …
January 16 – Srinivasa Ramanujan, a 26-year-old student in Madras, India, sends a letter to English mathematician G. H. Hardy, which would lead to him becoming one of the most important mathematician in history. January 23 – Ottoman Empire Navy Minister Nazim is assassinated, and Prime Minister Kamil overthrown in a coup in Turkey February …
January 1 – The Republic of China is established as Dr. Sun Yat-Sen takes the oath of office as the Provisional President at Nanjing. January 8 – The African National Congress is founded as the South African Native National Congress in a four-day meeting at Bloemfontein. January 9 – The 130 foot tall Equitable Building, …
