Vol. 1910s · No. 1915 · PRICE 25¢
The 1915 Times
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November 1915 | Germany | Physics
A World At War and Boundless Science
In 1915, the horrors of the First World War escalated dramatically across land, sea, and sky with modern weaponry. Amidst global devastation, groundbreaking leaps in human intellect and culture reconfigured how humanity understood the cosmos and storytelling.
Sinking of the RMS Lusitania
A German U-boat torpedoes the British ocean liner Lusitania, killing nearly 1,200 passengers and dramatically shifting American public opinion toward joining World War I.
Premiere of 'The Birth of a Nation'
D.W. Griffith releases his groundbreaking yet deeply controversial silent film epic, revolutionizing cinematic storytelling while glorifying the Ku Klux Klan.
Also this year
The Gallipoli Campaign
April 25, 1915 | Gallipoli | WWI
Allied forces launch an ambitious amphibious invasion on the Gallipoli peninsula, resulting in a disastrous stalemate that forged national identities for Australia and New Zealand.
Publication of 'The Metamorphosis'
October 1915 | Literature | Germany
Franz Kafka publishes his surreal novella about Gregor Samsa, a salesman who wakes up transformed into a monstrous insect, defining 20th-century absurdist literature.
First Transcontinental Telephone Call
January 25, 1915 | USA | Tech
Alexander Graham Bell in New York speaks to Thomas Watson in San Francisco, officially inaugurating coast-to-coast voice communication across the United States.
Second Battle of Ypres
April 22, 1915 | Belgium | WWI
German forces unleash lethal chlorine gas on Allied troops in Flanders, marking the first large-scale deployment of chemical weapons on the Western Front.
The Armenian Genocide Begins
April 24, 1915 | Ottoman Empire
The arrest and deportation of hundreds of Armenian intellectuals in Constantinople marks the start of a systematic campaign that resulted in over a million deaths.