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The birth of Stanley S. Lane
Stanley S Lane was born with the name of Samuel Levine. Samuel Levine was born in Warsaw Poland. Samuel Levine was born on October the first of 1901. -
Wright brother first flight
On December 17, 1903, Orville Wright piloted the first powered airplane on a windy beach in North Carolina. The flight lasted only 12 seconds and covered only 120 feet. Three more flights were made that day by Wilbur Wright piloting, making a record flight of 59 seconds and covering a distance of 852 feet. -
Archduke is assassinated
On June 28, 1914, Archuke Franz Ferdinand visits the teritiories his country gained by annexation. A Serbian Nationalist took matters in his own hands. The Nationalists killed both Archduke and his wife. -
Falmethrowers first used against French
The battle of Verdun was the longest battle of wwi. Verdun was attacked becuse the Germans knew that the French would fight to the last man, making the French bleed white. Flamethrowers were used for the first time in large numbers to help the Germans advance and achieve the taking of Verdun. -
Poison gas first used
The Second Battle of Ypres ended on May 25, with insignificant gains for the Germans. The introduction of poison gas, however, would have great significance in World War I. Immediately after the German gas attack at Ypres, France and Britain began developing their own chemical weapons and gas masks. -
First use of tanks
On the 11 of September, the 49 tanks began to move slowly into position in the line. As a measure of their fundamental unreliability, 17 tanks were unable to make it as far as the front line. Of the 22 that did, a further 7 failed to work at zero hour. Thus 15 of the 49 tanks rolled slowly into No Man's Land with the start of the attack on 15 September. -
Zimmerman Telelgraph
In January of 1917, British cryptographers deciphered a telegram from German Foreign Minister Arthur Zimmermann to the German Minister to Mexico, von Eckhardt, offering United States territory to Mexico in return for joining the German cause. This message helped draw the United States into the war and thus changed the course of history. -
United States declares war on Germany
On April 2, 1917, President Woodrow Wilson went before a joint session of Congress to request a declaration of war against Germany. Wilson cited Germany’s violation of its pledge to suspend unrestricted submarine warfare in the North Atlantic and the Mediterranean, as well as its attempts to entice Mexico into an alliance against the United States, as his reasons for declaring war. On April 4, 1917, the U.S. Senate voted in support of the measure to declare war on Germany -
Enlistment
Stanley S. Lane enlisted when he 16. He kept this a secret from his family. He knew his family would not aprove. -
Stanley S. Lane is able to join the war over seas
Since Stanley was born in Poland he was not a citizen. Stanley tried to go over seas at the begining of the war but failed due to his lack of citizenship. Once the war was almost over, Stanley was able to attend the war over seas -
Pilotless drones are used for bombings
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Armistance on the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month
On Nov. 11, 1918, fighting in World War I came to an end following the signing of an armistice between the Allies and Germany that called for a ceasefire effective at 11 a.m.– it was on the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month. -
Treaty of Versalilies
World War I officially ended with the signing of the Treaty of Versailles on June 28, 1919. Negotiated among the Allied powers with little participation by Germany, its 15 parts and 440 articles reassigned German boundaries and assigned liability for reparations. -
Stanley reenlisted in Philidaldia
Stanley really enjoyed his time in Calvary. Because of his intrest in this field Stanley reenlisted.
