Sunday, November 7, 1915. Seas of blood.

3,000 ZAPATISTAS YIELD.; Surrender with a Leader to General Pablo Gonzales at Capital.

Headline in the New York Times.

The French failed in their effort to capture the monastery stronghold at Vardar.

Walter M. Geddes, finding his witness to the Armenian genocide too much to bear, killed himself at Smyrna, Ottoman Empire.  He had been working in Aleppo when he witnessed the Ottoman atrocities and had recorded what he saw for the American embassy.

He, too, was a victim of Ottoman barbarity.

Mary Pickford was the story of the film adaptation of Madama Butterfly, which is an odd thought given that the silent movie era was still ongoing.

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Saturday, November 6, 1915. Another French offensive halts.

Labels: 1910s, 1915, Aircraft, Art, Battle of Banjo, British Army, Equine Transportation, French Army, German Army, Second Battle of Champagne, U.S. Navy, World War One

Sunday, April 11, 1915. The Tramp.

British troops in Mesopotamia fought off a large attack by the Ottomans against Basra.and then proceeded to branch out to protect their position at Basra and up the Tigris Valley toward Baghdad.

Highly regarded, Charlie Chaplin's The Tramp was released.

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Saturday, April 10, 1915. Knights of Saint Columbanus

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Monday, February 8, 1915. Premier of a racist epic.

The racist epic The Birth of a Nation opened, premiering in Los Angeles.  Set in the American South at the close of the Civil War and the beginning of Reconstruction, it depicts Southerners as the victims of animalistic African American sexuality, amongst other horrible things.

It was hugely successful and was the highest grossing film ever for the period of 25 years following its introduction, something which is remarkable considering that movies with sound came in during that period. Coming in the early years of the 20th Century "Lost Cause" boom, it would help popularize the Ku Klux Klan and lead to its modern revival.

The film is an interesting, and horrifying, of the ability of movies to shape public opinion.

The Germans launched at attack against the Russians in winter conditions at Masurian Lakes.

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Thursday, February 6, 1915. On Being Asked For a War Poem.

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Monday, February 1, 1915. Suez Canal Besieged.

An Ottoman force numbering 13,000 troops laid siege to the Suez Canal.

William Fox established Fox Film.

Wilhelm Fried Fuchs was born in Tolcsva, Hungary and was a Hungarian Jew.  His family immigrated to the US when he was a boy.  His movie company still exists in an evolved form.

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Sunday, January 31, 1915. Gas!

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