January 1 DW Griffith shows "Clansman" at a sneak preview January 1 Jews of Laibach Austria expelled January 4 1st elected Jewish governor, Moses Alexander, takes office in Idaho January 4 Trans-Caucausus Russian defeat Turkish troops January 9 Exposition (now Civic) Auditorium dedicated, SF January 11 Col Jacob Ruppert and Col Tillinghast Huston purchase Yankees for $460,000 January 12 House of Representatives rejects proposal to give women right to vote January 13 Earthquake in Avezzano Italy kills 29,800 January 13 Winston Churchill presents plan for assault on Dardanelles January 15 Japan claims economic control of China January 15 Sydney, Kern and Smith's musical "Love o' Mike," premieres in New York City January 16 Congress authorizes $1 and $50 Panama-Pacific International Expo gold coin January 17 Antoni van Leeuwenhoek's Hospital in Amsterdam opens January 17 Russia occupies Bukovina and Western Ukraine January 18 Train crashes at Colima-Guadalajara Mexico, about 600 die January 19 1st German Zeppelin attack over Great Britain, 4 die January 19 Neon Tube sign patented by George Claude January 21 Kiwanis International founded in Detroit January 24 German-British sea battle at Doggersbank and Helgoland January 25 Alexander Graham Bell in New York calls Thomas Watson in SF January 25 Giordano, Sardou and Moreau's opera "Madame Sans Gane" premieres in New York City January 25 Transcontinental telephone service inaugurated (New York to SF) January 26 Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado established January 27 U.S. Marines occupy Haiti January 28 1st U.S. ship lost in WW I, William P Frye (carrying wheat to UK) January 28 U.S. Coast Guard created from Life Saving and Revenue Cutter services January 28 U.S. President Wilson refuses to prohibit immigration of illiterates January 30 German submarine attack on Le Havre January 30 No 10 batsman F W Hyett scores century on debut, Vic vs. Tas January 31 1st German poison gas attack, against Russians February 3 Turkish and German army reach Suez Canal February 4 Experiments to find cause of pellagra begin at Miss Penitentiary February 7 1st wireless message sent from a moving train to a station received February 7 2nd Battle of Masurian Lakes: German armies surrounded a Russian army February 8 "Birth of a Nation" opens at Clune's Auditorium in LA February 12 Cornerstone laid for Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C. February 16 Frank Home Run Baker, 28, announces retirement following a contract dispute with Connie Mack. He sits out 1915 season February 17 Edward Stone, 1st U.S. combatant to die in WW I, is mortally wounded February 18 Germany begins a blockade of England February 19 British fleet fire on Dardanellen coast February 20 Panama-Pacific International Exposition opens in San Francisco February 21 20th Russian Army corps surrenders February 21 World's Fair in San Francisco opens February 22 Germany begins "unrestricted" submarine war February 23 Germany sinks U.S. ships Carib and Evelyn and torpedoes Norwegian ship Regin February 23 Nevada enforces convenient divorce law March 2 British vice adm Carden begins bombing of Dardanelles forts March 2 Vladmir Jabotinsky forms a Jewish military force to fight in Palestine March 3 National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NASA forerunner) created March 6 Greek King Constantine I fires premier Venizelos March 8 1st U.S. Navy minelayer, Baltimore, commissioned March 10 British expedition Army in Belgium captures Neuve Chapelle March 13 Dodgers manager Wilbert Robinson tries to catch a baseball dropped from an airplane, but the pilot substituted a grapefruit March 14 German cruiser Dresden blows itself up near coast of Chile March 15 Netherlands merchant ship Tubantia torpedoed and sinks in North Sea March 16 British battle cruisers Inflexible and Irresistible hit mines in Dardanelle March 16 Federal Trade Commission organizes March 18 Failed British attack in Dardanelles March 18 French battleship Bouvet explodes, 640 killed March 19 Pluto photographed for 1st time (although unknown at the time) March 23 Zion Mule Corp forms March 25 1st submarine disaster; a U.S. F-4 sank off Hawaii, killing 21 March 25 German U boat torpedoes Netherlands merchant ship Medea March 26 Stanley Cup: Vancouver Millionaires (PCHA) sweep Ottawa Senators April 5 French begin Woevre-offensive April 5 Jess Willard KOs Jack Johnson in 26 for heavyweight boxing title April 14 A's Herb Pennock is within 1 out of pitching 1st Opening Day no-hitter April 14 Dutch merchant Navy ship Katwijk sunk by Germany torpedo April 15 Manuel de Falla's ballet "El Amor Brujo," premieres in Madrid April 15 New York Giant Rube Marquard no-hits Bkln, 2-0 April 19 19th Boston Marathon won by Edouard Fabre of Canada in 2:31:41.2 April 22 1st military use of chlorine poison gas by Germany in WW I April 22 2nd Battle of Ypres begins April 22 New York Yankees don pinstripes and hat-in-the-ring logo for 1st time April 23 ACA becomes National Advisory Council on Aeronautics (NACA) April 24 Massacre of Armenians by Turks starts (Armenian Martyrs Day) April 24 Pittsburghs' Frank Allen no-hits St. Louis (Federal League), 2-0 April 25 78,000 ANZAC troops land at Gallipoli April 26 Italy secretly signes Pact of London with Britain, France and Russia May 1 British Lusitania leaves NY, for Liverpool May 1 German submarine sinks U.S. ship Gulflight May 2 Old Fordham Road in Bronx renamed Landing Road May 4 Italy drops Triple Alliance with Austria-Hungaryb and Germany May 5 German U-20 sinks Earl of Lathom May 6 Allies attack Cape Helles, Hellespont May 6 German U-20 sinks Centurion SE of Ireland May 6 Red Sox Babe Ruth pitching debut and 1st home run, loses to Yankees 4-3 in 15 May 7 Lusitania sunk by German submarine; 1198 lives lost May 8 41st Kentucky Derby: Joe Notter aboard Regret wins in 2:05.4 May 9 German and French fight Battle of Artois May 10 Zeppelin drops hundred of bombs on Southend-on-Sea May 12 Croatians plunder Armenia, killing 250 May 12 Franklin K Mathiews, presents idea of "Book Week" May 15 Chicago Claude Hendrix no-hits Pittsburgh (Federal League), 10-0 May 17 40th Preakness: Douglas Hoffman aboard Rhine Maiden wins in 1:58 May 17 Last liberal British government of Asquith falls May 17 National Baptist Convention chartered May 20 Bataafsche Petroleum Me begins oil extraction of Maracaibo May 22 Local train collides with troop train killing 226 (Gretna Scotland) May 23 Italy declares war on Austria-Hungary and Germany during WW I May 24 Italy declares war on Austria-Hungary May 24 Thomas Edison invents telescribe to record telephone conversations May 25 2nd Battle of Ypres ends with 105,000 casualties May 26 H H Asquith forms a coalition government in England May 28 John B. Gruelle patents Raggedy Ann doll May 31 An LZ-38 Zeppelin makes an air raid on London June 1 1st Zeppelin air raid over England June 5 47th Belmont: George Byrne aboard The Finn wins in 2:18.6 June 8 92 degrees F (33.3 degrees C) in De Bilt, Netherlands June 8 William Jennings Bryan quits as Secretary of State June 10 British and French troops conquer German colony of Cameroon June 10 Girl Scouts founded June 12 29th U.S. Womens Tennis: Molla B Mallory beats Hazel Wightman (46 62 60) June 15 U.S. government mints 1st $50 gold pieces, for Panama Pacific Expo June 17 Cubs George "Zip" Zabel relieves with 2 outs in 1st and winds up with 4-3 19-inning win over Brooklyn in longest relief job ever June 17 League to Enforce Peace forms in Philadelphia June 18 21st U.S. Golf Open: John Travers shoots a 297 at Baltusrol Golf Club New Jersey June 20 German offensive in Argonnes June 21 Anti-British revolt in South Africa ends with arrest of General De Law June 22 BMT, then Brooklyn Rapid Transit, begins subway service June 23 Yankees get record 16 walks and 3 wild pitches beat A's Bruno Hass, 15-0 June 23 Zeb Turner, country-rock performer (Chew Tobacco Rag) June 24 800 dies as excursion steamer Eastland capsizes in Chicago June 26 Germany suppresses its "Vorwarts" newspaper after it called for peace June 27 100 degrees F (38 degrees C), Fort Yukon Alaska (state record) June 27 Dutch SDAP demonstrates against conscription July 1 Australia begins Commonwealth Lighthouse Service July 1 Australian Survey Corps becomes part of Military Forces July 3 U.S. military forces occupy Haiti, remain until 1934 July 9 Germany surrenders South West Africa to Union of South Africa July 10 British/South African troops march into German SW-Africa July 11 Germany cruiser Konigsberg sinks off Dar-es-Salam July 17 Italian offensive at Isonzo July 18 2nd Battle of Isonzo begins and ends with loss of 280,000 men July 18 Boston Braves start move from last place to become world series champs July 19 Dutch accidents at sea law enforced July 19 Washington Nationals steal record 8 bases vs. Cleveland Indians in the 1st inning July 24 Excursion ship Eastland capsizes in Lake Michigan, 852 die July 26 International School for Wijsbegeerte forms July 28 10,000 blacks march on 5th Ave (New York City) protesting lynchings July 28 U.S. forces invade Haiti, stays until 1924 July 29 Pirate Honus Wagner at 41, hits a grand slam home run August 5 German troops over run Warsaw August 5 Warsaw, evacuated by the Russians, is occupied by Germans August 7 Assault up Russell's Top at Gallipolis, 232 Australians die August 7 St. Louis 3rd base coach Miller Huggins, calls for ball Brooklyn rookie obliges, Huggins steps aside, and Card runner scores August 9 British attack at Chanak Bair at Gallipolis August 12 "Of Human Bondage," by William Somerset Maugham, published August 14 British transport Royal Edward sank by German U boat kills 1000 August 15 Journalist Albert Siegfried Bettelheim, convicted of murder in Georgia August 16 KC's Alex Main no-hits Buffalo (Federal League), 5-0 August 17 German troops over run Kovno Lithuiana August 17 Hurricane strikes Galveston, Texas (275 killed) August 17 Mob lynches Jewish businessman Leo Frank in Cobb County, Georgia after death sentence for murder of 13-year-old girl commuted to life August 18 Braves Field opens in Boston to see Braves beat Cards 3-1 August 19 Rationing laws go into effect in Netherlands August 20 Italy declares war on Turkey August 20 White Sox obtain Joe Jackson from Cleveland in exchange for Robert Roth, Larry Chappell, Ed Klepfer, and $31,500 August 23 Czar Nicolaas II takes control of Russian Army August 25 Hurricane kills 275 in Galveston, Texas with $50 million damage August 26 German troops over run Brest-Litovsk, Russia August 31 Chicago White Sox Jimmy Lavender no-hits New York Giants, 2-0 September 5 35th U.S. Mens Tennis: William Johnston beats McLoughlin (16 60 75 108) September 5 Anti-war conference in Zimmerwald, Switzerland September 7 35th U.S. Mens Tennis: Wm Johnston beats M E McLoughlin (16 60 75 108) September 7 John Gruelle patents his Raggedy Ann doll September 7 St. Louis Dave Davenport no-hits Chicago (Federal League), 3-0 September 15 Boston Braves beat St. Louis Cardinals 20-1 September 16 Czar Nicolas II adjourns 4th Duma September 16 U.S. takes control of customs and finances of Haiti for 10 years September 18 Boston Braves trounce St. Louis Cardinals 20-1 September 21 CH Chubb buys Stonehenge for 6,600 pounds September 21 Emanuel Querido ("Kerido") begins publishing Querido September 22 Red Sox ask Braves for use of their larger park for World Series September 22 Southern Methodist University (Dallas Texas) holds its 1st class September 22 Xavier University, 1st Black Catholic College in U.S., opens in NO LA September 25 Battle at Loos: 8,246 British and 0 German casualties September 28 Battle of Kut-el-Amara: Brits defeat Turks in Mesopotamia September 29 1st transcontinental radio telephone message is sent September 29 British army conquerors Chilly al Imara, Mesopotamie September 29 Dutch Opera's 1st performance September 29 Herbert/Blossoms musical "Princess Pat," premieres in New York City September 29 Hurricane claims 275 in Mississippi Delta September 29 Philadelphia Phillies clinch their 1st pennant September 30 Red Sox clinch AL pennant by beating Detroit October 2 7.8 earthquake shakes Pleasant Valley Nevada October 4 Dinosaur National Monument in Colorado and Utah is established October 8 Battle of Loos, almost 430,000 French, British and Germans killed October 8 Red Sox, 3-1, with an 8th inning 2 run rally October 9 Belgrade Serbia, surrenders to Central leaders October 9 Gil Anderson races auto (165.1 km record) in Sheepshead Bay, New York October 9 Louis Kaufmans "Unchastened Woman," premieres in New York City October 9 Woodrow Wilson becomes 1st President to attend a World Series game October 11 Bulgarian anti Serbian offensive begins October 12 Ford Motor Company manufactures its 1 millionth Model T automobile October 12 Theodore Roosevelt criticizes U.S. citzens who identify themselves, with dual nationalities October 13 Boston Red Sox beat Philadelphia Phillies, 4 games to 1 in 12th World Series October 16 Great Britain declares war on Bulgaria October 18 3rd Italians offensive at Isonzo October 19 Russia/Italy declares war on Bulgaria October 21 1st transatlantic radiotelephone message, Arlington, Virginia to Paris October 23 1st national horseshoe throwing championship (Kellerton, Iowa) October 23 25,000 women march in New York City, demanding right to vote October 25 Atty James L. Curtis named minister of Liberia October 28 Richard Strauss' Alpensymfonie, premieres in Berlin October 29 Aristide Briand becomes premier of France October 29 Thomas Masaryk claims independence for Czechoslovakia November 2 1st U.S. election by proportional representation, Ashtabula, Ohio November 6 1st military flight in Netherlands East Indies (Tandjong Priok) November 6 Sophokles Skouloudis forms Greek government November 7 Austrian submarine torpedoes Italian passenger ship (272 killed) November 9 Italian liner Ancona sinks by German torpedos, killing 272 November 12 Britain annexes Gilbert and Ellice archipelago November 12 Theodore W. Richards is 1st American to win Nobel Prize in chemistry November 14 Thomas Masaryk demands independence for Czechoslovakia November 20 7th CFL Grey Cup: Hamilton Tigers defeats Toronto Rowing, 13-7 November 24 Serbian leader flees to Albania November 30 St. John Ervine's "John Ferguson," premieres in Dublin December 4 F F Fletcher is 1st Admiral to receive Congressional Medal of Honor December 4 Ku Klux Klan receives charter from Fulton County Ga December 4 Panama Pacific International Exposition opens December 8 Jean Sibelius' 5th Symphony in E, premieres December 10 1,000,000th model T Ford assembled December 10 President Woodrow Wilson marries Edith Galt December 12 1st all-metal aircraft (Junkers J-1) test flown at Dessau Germany December 12 Aristide Briand forms French war government December 12 Russian troops overrun Hamadan, Persia December 14 Jack Johnson is 1st black world heavyweight boxing champion December 16 Albert Einstein publishes the General Theory of Relativity December 18 President Wilson, widowed the year before, marries Edith Bolling Galt December 20 Russian troops overrun Qom, Persia December 21 10.17" (25.83 cm) of rainfall, Glenora, Oregon (state record) December 22 Federal Baseball League disolved December 22 Organized baseball and Federal League sign a peace treaty at Cincinnati December 23 J Kern/S Greene's musical "Very Good Eddie," premieres in New York City December 25 Irving Berlin and Harry B Smith's musical premieres in New York City December 28 SF City Hall dedicated by Mayor James Rolph December 30 Cromarty Harbour, Scot-British cruiser Natal explodes: 405 die
