Video: 'US Coast Guard - History and Misssion'
(Thursday, January 28, 1915) — The United States Coast Guard was established today as President Woodrow Wilson signed a bill merging the Life-Saving Service and Revenue Cutter Service.
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First U.S. flag vessel lost in World War I 110 years ago this morning (Jan 28 1915)
Video: 'SV WILLIAM P. FRYE - CONSTRUÇÃO AO NAUFRÁGIO'
(Thursday, January 28, 1915, 9:00 a.m. local time; during World War I) — The American merchant vessel SS William P. Frye, en route to England with a cargo of wheat, became the first U.S. ship to be sunk during World War I (in the South Atlantic Ocean off the Brazilian coast) by a German cruiser, the SS Prinz Eitel Friedrich, even though the United States was not at war.
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Rocky Mountain National Park established 110 years ago today (Jan 26 1915)
Video: 'Rocky Mountain National Park'
(Tuesday, January 26, 1915) — President Woodrow Wilson today signed the Rocky Mountain National Park Act, which created America’s 10th national park in north-central Colorado.
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First official transcontinental telephone call takes place 110 years ago this hour (Jan 25 1915)
Video: 'Telephone Firsts: Transcontinental Phone Call'
(Monday, January 25, 1915, 4:30 p.m. EST) — America’s first official transcontinental telephone call took place today as Alexander Graham Bell, who was in New York, spoke to his former assistant, Thomas Watson, who was in San Francisco, over a line set up by American Telephone & Telegraph.
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First Kiwanis Club founded in Detroit 110 years ago today (Jan 21 1915)
Video: 'Kiwanis Club 75th Anniversary Video - Produced in 1990'
(Thursday, January 21, 1915) — The first Kiwanis Club, dedicated to community service, was founded today in Detroit originally known as the Supreme Lodge Benevolent Order Brothers.
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Germany carries out first air raid on Britain 110 years ago this hour (Jan 19 1915)
Video: '19th January 1915: German Zeppelins bomb Great Yarmouth & Kings Lynn in first air raid on Britain'
(Sunday, January 19, 1915, shortly after 8:30 p.m. GMT; during World War I) — Germany carried out its first air raid on Britain tonight as a pair of Zeppelins dropped bombs onto Great Yarmouth and King’s Lynn in England. Continue reading Germany carries out first air raid on Britain 110 years ago this hour (Jan 19 1915)
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Earthquake in Avezzano, Italy kills more about 30,000 people 110 years ago this hour (Jan 13 1915)
Video: 'Terremoto di Avezzano 1915 - Italia'
(Wednesday, January 13, 1915, 07:52:42 local time) — An estimated 29,978 to 32,610 people were killed this morning when the struck central Italy at a moment magnitude of 6.7.
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‘A Fool There Was’ premieres in New York 110 years ago today (Jan 12 1915)
Video: 'Theda Bara as The Vampire in A FOOL THERE WAS (1915)'
(Tuesday, January 12, 1915) — The silent film drama A Fool There Was, which propelled Theda Bara to stardom with her portrayal of a predatory vamp, premiered today in New York.
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Christmas truces break out on World War I Western Front as British and German soldiers unite 110 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Dec 24 1914)
Video: 'The Great War episode 2 Stalemate' (Dec. 24, 1914, at 50:10)
(Thursday, December 24, 1914, Christmas Eve; on the Western Front of the First World War) — Impromptu Christmas truces began to take hold along parts of the Western Front today between British and German soldiers who, in some cases, exchanged gifts and even played soccer with each other. Continue reading Christmas truces break out on World War I Western Front as British and German soldiers unite 110 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Dec 24 1914)
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Battle of the Marne begins 25 miles east of Paris, setting stage for four years of trench warfare 110 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Sep 5 1914)
Video: 'The First Battle of the Marne (1914)'
(Saturday, September 5, 1914, morning ; during the First Battle of the Marne, part of the Western Front of World War I) — The First Battle of the Marne, a decisive counterattack by six French field armies and the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) against the advancing German Imperial Army, began today when the French Sixth Army left Paris to the east and engaged cavalry patrols with the German Sixth Army at the River Ourcq. Continue reading Battle of the Marne begins 25 miles east of Paris, setting stage for four years of trench warfare 110 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Sep 5 1914)
