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.
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.
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)
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.
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.
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)
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)
Video: '15th August 1914: The Panama Canal officially opened with the transit of SS Ancon'
(Saturday, August 15, 1914, 4:00 p.m. EST, during World War I) — The Panama Canal, an artificial 51-mile waterway cutting across the Isthmus of Panama, officially opened today with the cargo ship SS Ancon crossing the just-completed passage between the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans. Continue reading Panama Canal officially opens as SS Ancon crosses 51-mile waterway 110 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Aug 15 1914)
Video: 'The Great War episode 2 Stalemate' (Aug. 4, 1914, at 6:22)
(Tuesday, August 4, 1914, 7:00 p.m. GMT; during World War I) — Great Britain declared war on Germany tonight, effective at 11:00 p.m., in response to Germany’s violation of Belgian neutrality. Continue reading Britain declares war eleven hours after Germany invades Belgium during World War I 110 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Aug 4 1914)
Video: '28th July 1914: Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia'
(Tuesday, July 28, 1914, 11:00 a.m. Central European Time; during World War I) — One month to the day after Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and his wife were assassinated by a Serbian nationalist in Sarajevo, Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia today by telegram, effectively launching the First World War. Continue reading Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia, igniting World War I 110 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Jul 28 1914)
