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" Lusitania is Sunk: Giant Liner Blown Up-Report All Saved," Boston American, May 7, 1915, Lusitania Extra-No.

Sinking of British ocean liner Lusitania by a German submarine results in nearly 1,200 deaths, 128 of which are American

Griffith's film, later titled Birth of a Nation, premieres and sweeps the nation German planes make first air attack on Britain at Doverįirst official transcontinental telephone callĭ. Herbert Hoover takes the helm of the Commission for Relief in Belgiumįirst Battle of Ypres combat between German, British, and French forces bogs down into attritional trench warfare Marie Curie becomes director of the Red Cross Radiology Services and begins leading an effort to set up France's first military radiology centersĢ4,000 soldiers from India arrive in France to fight for Allies Tangled ruins of Marne Bridge blown up by Germans and Red Cross train wreck.Germany invades Belgium United States declares its neutralityĪmerican poet Alan Seeger volunteers for French Foreign Legion many individual Americans go to Europe and join both sides in the conflictīattle of Tannenberg in which Germany defeats Russia on the Eastern Front more than 90,000 Russian soldiers surrender to German forcesįirst Battle of the Marne (France) at the time, the largest battle ever with one million soldiers on each side Germany, Austria-Hungary, France, Russia, and Britain all commit to war Assassination of Archduke of Austria-Hungary Franz Ferdinand