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1915
January 25: First official transcontinental telephone call
February 8: D. W. Griffith's film, later titled Birth of a Nation, premieres and sweeps the nation
May 7: Sinking of British ocean liner Lusitania by a German submarine results in nearly 1,200 deaths, 128 of which are American
May 23: Italy enters war on Allied side
July 9: German South-West Africa (modern Namibia) surrenders to South Africa
July 17: British women demand equal rights to work in war industries
September 15: "Jelly Roll Blues" by Ferdinand "Jelly Roll" Morton is published; the piece later is called the "first jazz composition" |