January 1915

Tuesday 12:

United States House of Representatives rejects proposal to give women the right to vote.

Wednesday 13:

Earthquake in Avezzano, Italy kills 29,800

Monday 18:

Japan issues the "Twenty-One Demands" to China in a bid to increase its power in east Asia.

Tuesday 19:

German zeppelins bomb the cities 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.

Thursday 21:

Kiwanis International founded in Detroit, Michigan.

Monday 25:

Alexander Graham Bell inaugurates U.S. transcontinental telephone service.

Wednesday 27:

United States Marines occupy Haiti.

Thursday 28:

An act of the U.S. Congress creates the United States Coast Guard.

Sunday 31:

World War I: Germany uses poison gas against Russians.