may 7, 1915 - Lusitania is Sunk
Description:
A British passenger ship sunk by a German submarine off the coast of Ireland in 1915. Germany, then at war with Britain but not with the United States (see World War I), had warned Americans against traveling on the ship. More than a hundred Americans died in the sinking.Added to timeline:
Date:
may 7, 1915
Now
~ 111 years ago