Year of record

1915

6 verified events recorded in 1915.

6 events From Jan 25, 1915 To Nov 25, 1915 Open in filter view →
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DateEventLanesStatus
1915-11-25KKK Revived at Stone Mountain Cross Burning: Simmons Coordinates with Birth of a Nation Premiere
William J. Simmons · Ku Klux Klan · D.W. Griffith
 confirmed
1915-08-17Leo Frank Lynched by Antisemitic Mob After Governor Commutes Sentence: Only Jewish Lynching in U.S. History
Leo Frank · William J. Simmons · Knights of Mary Phagan · Georgia Governor
confirmed
1915-06-21Guinn v. United States: Supreme Court Strikes Down Grandfather Clauses as Fifteenth Amendment Violation
U.S. Supreme Court · Chief Justice Edward White · Oklahoma Legislature · NAACP
 confirmed
1915-05-07Lusitania Sunk by German U-Boat with 173 Tons of Munitions Aboard: 1,200 Dead, Morgan Profiteering Exposed
RMS Lusitania · German Navy · British Government · JP Morgan & Co. · +1
 confirmed
1915-02-08Birth of a Nation Premieres in Los Angeles: Groundbreaking Film Glorifies KKK, Depicts Black Americans as Evil
D.W. Griffith · Woodrow Wilson · William J. Simmons · Ku Klux Klan
 confirmed
1915-01-25Rockefeller Testifies Before Walsh Commission: Three Days of Public Humiliation Over Ludlow Massacre
John D. Rockefeller Jr. · Frank Walsh · Commission on Industrial Relations · Colorado Fuel and Iron Company
 confirmed