
On This Day: U-boat sinks British liner Lusitania killing 1,200
1 of 6 | On May 7, 1915, a German U-boat sank the British liner Lusitania off the coast of Ireland, killing nearly 1,200 people. File Photo by Library of Congress May 7 (UPI) -- On this date in history: In 1718, the French established the city of New …