1915

1915 Wikipedia Summary

Events January: Main article: January 1915 Playback FM: Top 40 pop Songs in 1915 January – British physicist Sir Joseph Larmor publishes his observations on “The Influence of Local Atmospheric Cooling on Astronomical Refraction”. January 1 WWI: British Royal Navy battleship HMS Formidable is sunk off Lyme Regis, Dorset, England, by an Imperial German Navy U-boat, with the loss of 547 crew.Continue Reading

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Several waves of national popularity of Hawaiian music have facilitated exposure for Polynesian traditions. In the late 1800s and early 1900s, Hawaiian music became known outside Hawai’i through two means. First, travelers who visited Hawai’i wrote descriptive accounts of performances that emphasized their exoticness, the aura of which has remainedContinue Reading