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.
Video: 'Terror At Sea Sinking Of The Lusitania Documentary' (May 6, 1915, at 35:51)
(Friday, May 7, 1915, 2:10-2:28 p.m. GMT; during World War I) — In an incident that turned international opinion against Germany, the German U-boat U-20 torpedoed and sank the British liner RMS Lusitania, traveling from New York to Liverpool, off the southern coast of Ireland today, killing 1,198 people, including 128 Americans, out of the nearly 2,000 on board. Continue reading Germans torpedo British liner RMS Lusitania, killing 1198, including 128 Americans 110 years ago this hour (May 7 1915)
Video: 'Terror At Sea Sinking Of The Lusitania Documentary' (May 6, 1915, at 21:10)
(Thursday, May 6, 1915, 7:50 p.m. GMT; during World War I) — Captain William Thomas Turner of the British liner RMS Lusitania, approaching the Irish Sea on a journey from New York to Liverpool with nearly 2,000 aboard, was given a warning message twice tonight and took what he felt were prudent precautions. Continue reading British liner RMS Lusitania warned of German submarine activity 110 years ago this hour (May 6 1915)
Video: 'May 6th 1915: Babe Ruth Hits His First Home Run'
(Thursday, May 6, 1915; during World War I) — Rookie pitcher Babe Ruth, 20, hit the first of his 714 major-league home runs today as a player for the Boston Red Sox in the top of the third inning off Yankee right-hander Jack Warhop at the the Polo Grounds in Upper Manhattan, New York. Continue reading Babe Ruth hits his first major-league home run 110 years ago this afternoon (May 6 1915)
