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Historical Events in February 1915

  • Feb 3 Turkish & German army reach Suez Canal
  • Feb 4 Experiments to find cause of pellagra begin at Mississippi State Penitentiary
  • Feb 7 1st wireless message sent from a moving train to a station received
  • Feb 7 Second Battle of Masurian Lakes: German armies surrounded a Russian army

First 12-Reel Film

Feb 8 "The Birth of a Nation" the first 12-reel film in America, directed by D. W. Griffith, starring Lillian Gish and Mae Marsh, premieres at Clune's Auditorium in Los Angeles

British US Flag Deception

Feb 10 US President Woodrow Wilson protests to Britain on the use of US flags on British merchant ships to deceive the Germans

  • Feb 10 US President Woodrow Wilson warns Germany that the US will hold it 'to a strict accountability' for 'property endangered or lives lost'

Hitler Receives Iron Cross

Feb 12 Adolf Hitler receives the relatively common Iron Cross second class for bravery in World War I

  • Feb 12 World War I: Kaiser Wilhelm approves the strategic bombing of London's docks
  • Feb 13 The French try to drive the Germans forces back into the Champagne region
  • Feb 16 Frank Home Run Baker, 28, announces retirement following a contract dispute with Connie Mack. He sits out 1915 season
  • Feb 17 Edward Stone, 1st US combatant to die in WW I, is mortally wounded
  • Feb 18 Germany begins a blockade of Britain
  • Feb 19 British fleet opens fire on Dardanelles coast
  • Feb 19 WWI: Germany sinks American Merchant ship Evelyn with mine in the North Sea
  • Feb 20 Panama-Pacific International Exposition (World's Fair) opens in San Francisco
  • Feb 21 Russian 20th Army corps surrenders to the German 10th Army after being surrounded
  • Feb 22 Germany begins "unrestricted" submarine war
  • Feb 22 WWI: Germany sinks American Merchant ship Carib with mine, and torpedoes Norwegian ship Regin
  • Feb 23 Nevada reduces residency requirement for divorces from 1 year to 6 months
  • Feb 26 Malancourt, Argonnen 1st (German) flame-thrower
  • Feb 28 WWI: After the French try to drive the Germans forces back into the Champagne region, they gain a few hundred yards - at the cost of 50,000 casualties