A 1915 painting of the Lusitania sinking, as rendered by the German government. (Wikimedia Commons) By signing up, you confirm that you are over the age of 16 and agree to receive occasional ...
On this day in 1915, a German U-boat torpedoed the Lusitania, a British ocean liner, off the coast of Ireland. Of the 1,959 people on board, 1,195 perished at sea. The 32,000-ton liner, commissioned ...
On May 8, 1915, world events brought a reporter from the Allentown Chronicle and News to the front door of Capt. Harold S. and Mary Ormrod MacLaine. The day before, the Cunard liner Lusitania, loaded ...
LONDON, Jan. 22, 1915 (UP) - The English steamer Durward, from Leith to Rotterdam, was torpedoed and sunk by a submarine yesterday, 22 miles northwest of the Bus lightship, near the mouth of the Maas, ...
In 1945: President Harry S. Truman announced on radio that Nazi Germany's forces had surrendered, and that "the flags of freedom fly all over Europe." 100 years ago: Lusitania death toll: "The latest ...
WASHINGTON, May 8, 1915 (UP) - After talking with President Wilson tonight concerning the issuance of a statement on the Lusitania disaster, Secretary Tumulty, at 9 p.m., gave out the following: "Of ...
The message sent at 2:33 p.m. May 7, 1915, by the Lusitania was succinct: “Come at once.” The distress call was the first inkling of a German submarine attack that killed more than 1,000 passengers ...
In May 1915, the British ocean liner Lusitania was torpedoed and sunk by a German U-boat, resulting in the loss of more than 1,100 lives, The attack on the civilian vessel sent shockwaves around the ...
The San Diego Union-Tribune will mark its 150th anniversary in 2018 by presenting a significant front page from the archives each day throughout the year. On May 7, 1915 a German U-boat torpedoed and ...
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