WebHistorical Events for May, 1915. 1st » The RMS called Lusitania departs from New York City on her two hundred and second, and final, crossing of the North Atlantic. Six days later, the ship is torpedoed off the coast of Ireland with the loss of 1,198 lives. 3rd » The poem 'In Flanders Fields' is written by Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae.; 7th » World War I: …

WebBetween 1911 and 1915, seven presidents were assassinated or overthrown in Haiti, increasing U.S. policymakers’ fear of foreign intervention. In 1914, the Wilson administration sent U.S. Marines into Haiti. They removed $500,000 from the Haitian National Bank in December of 1914 for safe-keeping in New York, thus giving the United States ...

WebThe Tigers' 1915 outfield of Ty Cobb, Sam Crawford, and Bobby Veach finished first, second, and third in the American League in both runs batted in and total bases and was selected by baseball historian Bill James as the best in major league history. 1915 Michigan Wolverines baseball season - Under head coach Carl Lundgren, the Wolverines ...

WebFeb 08, 2019 · On February 8, 1915, D.W. Griffith ’s The Birth of a Nation, a landmark film in the history of cinema, premieres at Clune’s Auditorium in Los Angeles. The film was America’s first feature ...

WebSep 06, 2019 · Around the year 1915, Eleanor Clark Slagle organized the first educational program for occupational therapists, coming to be known as “the mother of occupational therapy.”. This proved to be a major turning point in occupational therapy’s development and recognition as a legitimate medical field.

WebThe AAUP was formed in 1915 by Arthur Lovejoy and John Dewey. Almost a century later, the AAUP is still addressing the kinds of abuse that spurred Lovejoy and Dewey to organize the Association. Academia has changed a lot since 1915, but there are still people who want to control what faculty members teach and write. Thanks to the AAUP, academic freedom …

WebBurg was interviewed by Norwood in 1990. She recalls how life changed in a single day on Wednesday, Sept. 29, 1915. The first hint of disaster arrived the day before. "The train passed on the ...