Video: 'Murder case, Leo Frank lynching live on'
(Tuesday, August 17, 1915, at around 7:00 a.m. local time) — Jewish American factory superintendent Leo Frank was abducted from his prison cell in Milledgeville, Georgia, this morning and lynched in Marietta, capping one of the most contentious criminal cases in Georgia history. Continue reading Jewish American Leo Frank lynched in Georgia after abduction from prison 110 years ago this hour (Aug 17 1915)
Video: 'Why Did the US Take Over Haiti in 1915?'
(Wednesday, July 28, 1915, about 4:00 p.m. EST; during the Banana Wars) — More than 300 American sailors and Marines arrived in Haiti today to restore order following the killing of Haitian President Vibrun Guillaume Sam by rebels, beginning a 19-year U.S. occupation.
Video: 'Grad Student Finds Footage of 1915 Ship Disaster'
(Tuesday, July 24, 1915, 7:28 a.m. CDT; during World War I) — The SS Eastland, a passenger ship carrying more than 2,500 people, rolled onto its side today while docked at the Clark Street Bridge on the Chicago River, killing 844 passengers and four crew members.
Video: 'The Birth of Jazz'
(Sunday, July 11, 1915) — The Chicago Sunday Tribune ran an article today titled, “Blues Is Jazz and Jazz Is Blues” in what’s believed to be one of the earliest, if not the earliest, uses of the word “jazz” as a musical term by a newspaper.
(Friday, July 2, 1915, approximately 11:40 p.m. EDT; during World War I) — A powerful bomb, concealed beneath the telephone switchboard in the Senate reception room of the United States Capitol, exploded here tonight. The blast, which shattered windows and sent a tremor through the great building, caused no loss of life or injury. Continue reading Time bomb explodes in U.S. Senate reception room 110 years ago this hour (July 2 1915)
(Tuesday, June 8, 1915, shortly after 3:00 p.m. EST; during World War I) — William Jennings Bryan, three times Democratic nominee for the presidency and author of nearly thirty peace treaties with the principal nations of the world, resigned today (effective June 9, 1915) as U.S. Secretary of State over what he viewed as President Woodrow Wilson’s overly bellicose attitude toward Germany following the sinking of the RMS Lusitania. Continue reading Secretary of State William Jennings Bryan resigns over President Wilson’s response to Lusitania sinking 110 years ago this hour (June 8 1915)
Video: 'America's WITTIEST Vice President??? Thomas Marshall's interesting legacy'
(Sunday, June 1, 1925, 9:30 a.m. EDT) — Thomas R. Marshall, the 28th vice president of the United States under President Woodrow Wilson (1913-1921), died suddenly this morning from a heart attack at his room at the Willard Hotel, while reading his Bible in bed during a trip to Washington, D.C. He was 71. Continue reading Former U.S. Vice President Thomas R. Marshall, 71, dies in Washington, D.C. 100 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Jun 1 1925)
Video: 'The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock'
(Tuesday, June 1, 1915) — The T.S. Eliot poem “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” was first published today in Poetry: A Magazine of Verse in Chicago, heralding a paradigmatic cultural shift from late 19th-century Romantic verse and Georgian lyrics to Modernism.
Video: 'The New Alpine Front - Italy Joins World War 1 I THE GREAT WAR Week 44' (May 23, 1915, at 0:44)
(Sunday, May 23, 1915, 3:30 p.m. Central European Time; on the Italian Front of World War I) — Italy declared war on Austria-Hungary today following secret promises made by Allies in the Treaty of London. Continue reading Italy declares war on Austria-Hungary 110 years ago this hour (May 23 1915)
Video: 'Mt Lassen 1915'
(Saturday, May 22, 1915, about 4:00 p.m. local time) — The Lassen Peak volcano in the Shasta Cascade region above California’s northern Sacramento Valley exploded today, devastating nearby areas but causing no deaths.
