1915
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Events
Dated Events
- Real World: January 12. The U.S. House of Representatives votes down a proposal to give women the right to vote.
- Real World: January 19. German zeppelins bomb Great Yarmouth and King's Lynn in Great Britain.
- Real World: January 28. The U.S. Coast Guard is founded.
- Real World: March 3. NACA, a forerunner to NASA, is founded.
- Real World: March 19. Pluto, not yet recognized as the solar system's ninth planet, is photographed for the first time.
- Real World: April 22. At the Second Battle of Ypres, German troops first use poison gas.
- Real World: April 24. Turkey initiates the Armenian Genocide with an attack on the Van region.
- Real World: May 7. A German U-boat sinks the RMS Lusitania.
- Real World: May 23. Italy declares war on Austria-Hungary.
- Real World: September 6. The British Army tests the first prototype tank.
- Real World: November 25. Albert Einstein formulates the General Theory of Relativity.
Undated Events
- GURPS Infinite Worlds: The history of Ariane diverges from Homeline's history when a mutant strain of flu arises. This strain will eventually kill 99.9% of Ariane's population. (GURPS Infinite Worlds)
- Real World: Mary Mallon, alias "Typhoid Mary," is quarantined for the rest of her life after she infects 25 people- for whom she cooked food- with typhoid fever.
New Fictional Works
Notable Books
The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka.
Notable Films
The Vampires (serial) begins.
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