Category Archives: 1910s

Vera Brittain informed of her fiancé’s death at Western Front 100 years ago today (Dec 26 1915)


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(Sunday, December 26, 1915, during World War I)Vera Brittain, a 21-year-old nurse in the British Red Cross who would become a famous author and feminist after the war, was informed today that her fiancé Roland Leighton, who had been given Christmas leave, had died Dec. 23, 1915, of wounds sustained in battle at the Western Front in France.

U.S. President Woodrow Wilson marries Mrs. Edith Bolling Galt in Washington 100 years ago this hour (Dec 18 1915)

(Saturday, December 18, 1915, 8:30 p.m. local time) — More than 16 months after the death of First Lady Ellen Axson Wilson, U.S. President Woodrow Wilson, 59, married Mrs. Edith Bolling Galt, 43, widow of Norman Galt, this evening at the bride’s home in Washington, D.C.

Wilson was the third U.S. president to marry while in office and the second U.S. president to be widowed and remarried while in office.

Frank Sinatra born in Hoboken, New Jersey 100 years ago today (Dec 12 1915)


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(Sunday, December 12, 1915) — Singer, actor, and producer Francis Albert Sinatra was born today in an upstairs tenement at 415 Monroe Street in Hoboken, New Jersey, the only child of Italian immigrants Natalina “Dolly” Garaventa and Antonino Martino “Marty” Sinatra.

Lord Kitchener orders British evacuation at Gallipoli 100 years ago today (Nov 22 1915)


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(Monday, November 22, 1915, during the Gallipoli Campaign in the Middle Eastern theatre of World War I) — Lord Kitchener, Britain’s Secretary of State for War, today ordered the evacuation of Winston Churchill’s disastrous Gallipoli Campaign.

This would involve taking off more than 93,000 troops, 200 guns and more than 5,000 animals as well as vast quantities of stores and ammunition.

‘The Metamorphosis’ novella by Franz Kafka published 100 years ago today (Oct 15 1915)


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(Friday, October 15, 1915)The Metamorphosis, Franz Kafka’s famous absurdist tale about a man named Gregor Samsa who wakes up one morning to discover that he has been transformed into a huge, insect-like creature, was first published today in the German literary journal Die Weißen Blätter (The White Pages).

Boston Red Sox win World Series in seven games 100 years ago this afternoon (Oct 13 1915)


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(Wednesday, October 13, 1915, afternoon local time) — The Boston Red Sox won the 1915 World Series today, beating the Philadelphia Phillies 5-4 at Baker Bowl in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in the fifth and deciding game.

It was the third of eight World Series titles for the Red Sox (1903-2013).

British nurse Edith Cavell executed by German firing squad 100 years ago this hour (Oct 12 1915)


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(Tuesday, October 12, 1915, 7:00 a.m. CET; during World War I) — British nurse Edith Cavell, 49, was executed today by a German firing squad at the Tir national (National shooting range) in the municipality of Schaerbeek in Brussels, Belgium, for helping Allied soldiers escape from Belgium.

D.H. Lawrence novel ‘The Rainbow’ published 100 years ago today (Sep 30 1915)


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(September 30, 1915) — The D.H. Lawrence novel The Rainbow, which follows three generations of the Brangwen family living in Nottinghamshire, was published today in London by Methuen & Co. Continue reading D.H. Lawrence novel ‘The Rainbow’ published 100 years ago today (Sep 30 1915)

W. C. Fields makes film debut in ‘Pool Sharks’ silent short 100 years ago today (Sep 19 1915)


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(Sunday, September 19, 1915)Pool Sharks, a one-reel silent comedy featuring the film (acting/writing) debut of vaudeville performer W. C. Fields, was released today (directed by Edwin Middleton).