United States as a lawyer, is admitted to practice there. October 27 – William Morris "Billy" Hughes becomes the 7th Prime Minister of Australia. October 28 – St. Johns School fire: Fire at St. John's School in Peabody, Massachusetts, claims the lives of 21 girls between the ages of 7 and 17. November November 18 – The U.S. silent film Inspiration, the first mainstream movie in which a leading actress (Audrey Munson) appears nude, is released. November 21 – British polar exploration ship Endurance finally breaks apart from pressure of ice around it and sinks into the Weddell Sea, stranding Ernest Shackleton's Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition party in the Antarctic. The wreck is discovered at a depth of 3,008 metres (9,869 ft), 107 years later in 2022. November 23 – The Triangle Film Corporation opens its new motion picture theater in Massillon, Ohio. November 24 – William J. Simmons revives the American Civil War era Ku Klux Klan at Stone Mountain, Georgia. November 25 – Albert Einstein presents part of his theory of general relativity to the Prussian Academy of Sciences. December December 10 – The 1 millionth Ford car rolls off the assembly line, at the River Rouge Plant in Detroit, Michigan. December 12 – President of the Republic of China Yuan Shikai declares himself Emperor. December 18 – United States President Woodrow Wilson marries Edith B. Galt, in Washington, D.C. December 23 – HMHS Britannic, which will be the largest British ship lost in WWI (though with only 30 fatalities), departs Liverpool on her maiden voyage as a hospital ship. December 26 – The Irish Republican Brotherhood Military Council decides to stage an Easter Rising in 1916. Date unknown Alfred Wegener publishes his theory of Pangaea. The first stop sign appears in Detroit. The Ancient Mystical Order Rosae Crucis is founded in the United States. Carrier Engineering, predecessor of Carrier Global, a global air conditioning brand, is founded in New Jersey, United States. Births January January 1 Branko Ćopić, Yugoslav writer (d. 1984) Fazlollah Reza, Iranian university professor, electrical engineer (d. 2019) January 3 – Mady Rahl, German stage, film actress (d. 2009) January 4 – Adolf Opálka, Czechoslovak soldier (d. 1942) January 5 – Humberto Teixeira, Brazilian flautist (d. 1979) January 6 – Alan Watts, British philosopher (d. 1973) January 7 Franz Bartl, Austrian field handball player (d. 1941) Helen Mussallem, Canadian nursing administrator (d. 2012) January 9