WHAT ALL HAPPENED JANUARY TO FEBRUARY 1915
Find out what all happened January to February 1915

World War I: Germany is the first to make large-scale use of poison gas in warfare in the Battle of Bolimów against Russia. (31. January 1915)

World War I: German zeppelins bomb the towns of Great Yarmouth and King's Lynn in the United Kingdom killing more than 20, in the first major aerial bombardment of a civilian target. (19. January 1915)

The United States House of Representatives rejects a proposal to give women the right to vote. (12. January 1915)

Over 600 people are killed in Guadalajara, Mexico, when a train plunges off the tracks into a deep canyon. (22. January 1915)

Alexander Graham Bell inaugurates U.S. transcontinental telephone service, speaking from New York to Thomas Watson in San Francisco. (25. January 1915)

The Rocky Mountain National Park is established by an act of the U.S. Congress. (26. January 1915)

Japan issues the "Twenty-One Demands" to the Republic of China in a bid to increase its power in East Asia. (18. January 1915)

Kiwanis International is founded in Detroit, Michigan. (21. January 1915)

An earthquake in Avezzano, Italy kills 29,800. (13. January 1915)

The Rocky Mountain National Park is formed by an act of U.S. Congress. (12. January 1915)

Georges Claude patents the neon discharge tube for use in advertising. (19. January 1915)

D.W. Griffith's controversial film The Birth of a Nation premieres in Los Angeles. (8. February 1915)

An act of the U.S. Congress creates the United States Coast Guard as a branch of the United States Armed Forces. (28. January 1915)

World War I: The first naval attack on the Dardanelles begins when a strong Anglo-French task force bombards Ottoman artillery along the coast of Gallipoli. (19. February 1915)

World War I: Germany institutes unrestricted submarine warfare. (22. February 1915)

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