Video: 'Highest Scoring Football Game Of All Time!'
(Saturday, October 7, 1916, afternoon local time) — Georgia Tech defeated Cumberland University 222-0 today at Grant Field in Atlanta in the most lopsided victory in college football history.
Category Archives: 1910s
First Battle of Champagne ends in stalemate 100 years ago today (Mar 17 1915)
Video: 'The First Battle of Champagne'
(Wednesday, March 17, 1915; part of the Western Front of World War I) — The First Battle of Champagne between the French Fourth Army and the German Third Army in the Champagne region of France ended today in stalemate after three months of bloody fighting.
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Allied warships launch initial attack on Ottoman forces in the Dardanelles 100 years ago this hour (Feb 19 1915)
Video: 'La bataille des Dardanelles (1915)'
(Friday, February 19, 1915, 7:30 a.m. local time; during Naval operations in the Dardanelles Campaign, part of World War I) — British and French warships launched their initial attack today on Ottoman forces in the Dardanelles, a strait in northwestern Turkey. The Gallipoli Campaign that followed proved disastrous for the Allies.
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‘The Birth of a Nation’ premieres in Los Angeles 100 years ago today (Feb 8 1915)
Video: 'The Birth of a Nation (1915) [HD] - Lillian Gish'
(Monday, February 8, 1915) — The silent, groundbreaking and controversial epic film drama The Birth of a Nation, which chronicles the relationship of two families in the Civil War and Reconstruction eras, premiered today in Los Angeles.
Directed by D. W. Griffith, the film starred Lillian Gish, Mae Marsh, Henry B. Walthall, Miriam Cooper, Ralph Lewis and George Siegmann.
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Fighting resumes along Western Front after Christmas truce 100 years ago this hour (Dec 26 1914)
Video: 'The Great War episode 2 Stalemate' (Dec. 26, 1914, at 54:25)
(Saturday, December 26, 1914, 8:30 a.m. local time; on the Western Front of the First World War) — An unofficial Christmas truce that began two days ago on the Western Front ended today after German and British soldiers exchange pleasantries.
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Unofficial Christmas truce continues along Western Front 100 years ago today (Dec 25 1914)
Video: 'The Great War episode 2 Stalemate' (Dec. 25, 1914, at 51:48)
(Friday, December 25, 1914, Christmas Day; on the Western Front of the First World War) — An unofficial Christmas truce that began yesterday held today 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 Unofficial Christmas truce continues along Western Front 100 years ago today (Dec 25 1914)
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‘Tillie’s Punctured Romance,’ first feature-length silent film comedy, released 100 years ago today (Dec 21 1914)
Video: 'Tillie's Punctured Romance Nov 14, 1914'
(Monday, December 21, 1914) — The first feature-length silent film comedy, Mack Sennett’s Tillie’s Punctured Romance, starring Marie Dressler, Mabel Normand and Charlie Chaplin, was released today in the U.S.
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First Battle of Ypres ends in Allied victory 100 years ago today (Nov 22 1914)
Video: 'The First Battle Of Ypres 1914'
(Sunday, November 22, 1914; part of the Race to the Sea on the Western Front of the First World War) — The First Battle of Ypres, fought for the strategically important town of Ypres in western Belgium, ended today with an Allied victory against Germany.
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Assassin who sparked World War I sentenced to 20 years in prison 100 years ago today (Oct 28 1914)
Video: 'World War I: Gavrilo Princip's Final Days'
(Wednesday, October 28, 1914; during World War I) — Yugoslav nationalist Gavrilo Princip, whose assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg, sparked World War I, was sentenced today in Sarajevo to 20 years’ imprisonment, escaping the death penalty because he was underaged.
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Boston Braves win World Series in four-game sweep 100 years ago today (Oct 13 1914)
(Tuesday, October 13, 1914) — The Boston Braves won the 1914 World Series today, beating the Philadelphia Athletics 3-1 at Fenway Park in Boston, Massachusetts, in the fourth and deciding game. It was the first of three World Series titles for the Braves (1914-1995).
