Historical Events In 1915

Jan 01   DW Griffith shows "Clansman" at a sneak preview   

Jan 01   Jews of Laibach Austria expelled.   

Jan 02   John Hope Franklin, historian   

Jan 02   Karl Goldmark, Austria-Hungarian composer (Queen of Saba), dies at 84   

Jan 03   James E Flecker, British diplomat/novelist (Hassan), dies at 30.   

Jan 04   1st elected Jewish governor, Moses Alexander, takes office in Idaho   

Jan 04   Trans-Caucausus Russian defeat Turkish troops.   

Jan 05   Mabel Leigh, potter.   

Jan 06   In France, the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry go into action in France.   

Jan 06   Reginald Wood, cricketer (one Test England v Australia 1886), dies.   

Jan 07   Herman Musaph, Dutch psychiatrist/sexologist/founder (NVSH)   

Jan 09   Anita Louise, NYC, actress (My Friend Flicka).   

Jan 09   Exposition (now Civic) Auditorium dedicated, SF   

Jan 10   Dean Dixon, Zug Switzerland, conductor.   

Jan 11   Col Jacob Ruppert and Col Tillinghast Huston purchase Yanks for $460000.   

Jan 11   Colonel Jacob Ruppert and Colonel Tillinghast Huston purchase Yankees for $460000   

Jan 12   Congress establishes the Rocky Mountain National Park in the U.S   

Jan 12   House of Representatives rejects proposal to give women the right to vote   

Jan 12   House of Reps rejects proposal to give women right to vote.   

Jan 13   Earthquake in Avezzano Italy results in the deaths of 29800.   

Jan 13   Earthquake in Avezzano Italy results in the deaths of 30000.   

Jan 13   Edward Frederick Weston Goodman, property developer.   

Jan 13   SS Roebuck, formerly on the Channel Islands service, she was taken over for government service after the outbreak of war and renamed HMS Roedene under which name while at Scapa Flow she dragged her anchor and fell across the bows of the battleship HMS Imperieuse, after which she sank.   

Jan 13   W Churchill presents plan for assault on Dardanelles.   

Jan 14   Andre Frossard, Catholic columnist.   

Jan 15   Guillaume Couture, composer, dies at 63.   

Jan 15   In this year, Japan claims economic control of China.   

Jan 16   Congress authorizes $1 and $50 Panama-Pacific International Expo gold coin   

Jan 16   Congress authorizes $1 and $50 Panama-Pacific Intl Expo gold coin.   

Jan 17   Antoni van Leeuwenhoek's Hospital in Amsterdam opens.   

Jan 17   Russia occupies Bukovina and Western Ukraine.   

Jan 18   In this year, With the European powers preoccupied with World War I, Japan secretly presents China with Twenty-one formally claims for privileges   

Jan 18   The Germans perform the inaugural aerial bombing of Britain, from a pair of Zeppelin dirigibles during WWI.   

Jan 18   Train crashes at Colima-Guadalajara Mexico, about 600 die.   

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Jan 01   In the year 1915 birth of francois Bondy, writer   

Jan 01   In the year 1915 birth of lewis Bingham Keeble, town planner   

Jan 02   John Hope Franklin, historian was born in the year 1915.   

Jan 05   In the year 1915 birth of mabel Leigh, potter   

Jan 05   Uta Graf, singer/teacher was born in the year 1915.   

Jan 05   Arthur H. Robinson, Canadian-born cartographer (d. 2004) was born in the year 1915.   

Jan 06   In the year 1915 birth of alan Watts, Kent England, writer (Book on the Taboo)   

Jan 06   Don Edwards, (Rep-D-CA, 1963- ) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 02   In the year 1915 karl Goldmark, Austria-Hungarian composer (Queen of Saba), dies at 84   

Jan 03   James E Flecker, British diplomat/novelist (Hassan), dies at 30 in the year 1915.   

Jan 06   On this day in history reginald Wood, cricketer (one Test England v Australia 1886), dies   

Jan 13   Mary Slessor, Scottish missionary (b. 1848) died on this day in history.   

Jan 14   Richard Meux Benson, founder of Anglican religious order (b. 1824) died on this day in history.   

Jan 15   Guillaume Couture, composer, dies at 63 on this day in history.   

Jan 28   Nikolay Umov, Russian physicist (b. 1846) died on this day in history.   

Feb 05   In the year 1915 death of ross Barnes, baseball player (b. 1850)