Historical Events In 1915

Jun 20   Terence Young, Shanghai China, director (Dr No, Thunderball) in the year 1915.  

Jun 21   Anti-British revolt in South-Africa ends with arrest of Gen De Law on this day in history.  

Jun 22   On this day in history bMT, then Brooklyn Rapid Transit, begins subway service  

Jun 23   In the year 1915 dennis Price, Twyford England, actor (Adventurers, Millionairess)  

Jun 23   Yanks get record 16 walks & 3 wild pitches beat A's Bruno Hass, 15-0 in the year 1915.  

Jun 24   800 die as excursion steamer Eastland capsizes in Chicago on this day in history.  

Jun 24   In the year 1915 charles James Dunn, Japanese scholar  

Jun 25   On this day in history peter Lind Hayes, SF Calif, comedian/singer (Peter Lind Hayes Show)  

Jun 26   Germany suppresses its "Vorwarts" newspaper after it called for peace in the year 1915.  

Jun 27   In the year 1915 100ø F (38ø C), Fort Yukon, Alaska (state record)  

Jun 27   100°F (38°C), Fort Yukon Alaska (state record) in the year 1915.  

Jun 27   On this day in history hendrik W van Leeuwen, musician  

Jun 28   On this day in history victor Trumper, cricketer (48 Tests for Australia, 3163 runs), dies  

Jun 30   On this day in history charles Rowe, cricketer (scored a pair in only Test (NZ v Aust 1946))  

Jul 01   Australia begins Commonwealth Lighthouse Service in the year 1915.  

Jul 01   In the year 1915 jean Stafford, US writer (Boston Adventure, Lion & Carpenter)  

Jul 02   On this day in history 8th duke of Wellington, English large landowner/multi-millionaire  

Jul 02   Gen Porfirio [Jose de la Cruz] Diaz, president Mexico, dies in the year 1915.  

Jul 03   In the year 1915 uS military forces occupy Haiti, remain until 1934  

Jul 04   Christine Lavant, writer on this day in history.  

Jul 06   In the year 1915 dorothy Kirsten, Montclair NJ, soprano (Time to Sing, Chevy Show)  

Jul 07   A Great Gorge and International Railway trolley with an extreme overload of 157 passengers crashes near Queenston, Ontario, killing 15 in the year 1915.  

Jul 07   In the year 1915 margaret Walker Alexander, poet/novelist (For My People)  

Jul 07   In the year 1915 the birth of Yul Brynner, American actor  

Jul 08   On this day in history charles Hard Townes, Greenville SC, physicist (developed lasers)  

Jul 09   On this day in history david Leo Diamond, Rochester NY, composer (Paderewski Prize-1943)  

Jul 09   On this day in history germany surrenders South West Africa to Union of South Africa  

Jul 10   On this day in history british/South African troops march into German SW-Africa  

Jul 10   On this day in history hendrik W Mesdag, painter (Panorama Mesdag), dies  

Jul 11   Colin Purdie Kelly, US, 1st US air hero (during WW II) on this day in history.  

Jul 11   Germany cruiser Königsberg sinks off Dar-es-Salam on this day in history.  

Jul 12   In the year 1915 army orders harvest furloughs to Canadian Expeditionary Force soldiers still in training camps in Canada.  

Jul 12   In the year 1915 michael Fenton Haddon, mining engineer  

Jul 15   On this day in history alexander Durie, vice president (British AA)  

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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   On this day in history birth of mabel Leigh, potter  

Jan 05   In the year 1915 birth of uta Graf, singer/teacher  

Jan 05   Arthur H. Robinson, Canadian-born cartographer (d. 2004) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 06   On this day in history birth of alan Watts, Kent England, writer (Book on the Taboo)  

Jan 06   On this day in history birth of don Edwards, (Rep-D-CA, 1963- )  

Jan 02   On this day in history karl Goldmark, Austria-Hungarian composer (Queen of Saba), dies at 84  

Jan 03   James E Flecker, British diplomat/novelist (Hassan), dies at 30 on this day in history.  

Jan 06   Reginald Wood, cricketer (one Test England v Australia 1886), dies in the year 1915.  

Jan 13   On this day in history death of mary Slessor, Scottish missionary (b. 1848)  

Jan 14   On this day in history death of richard Meux Benson, founder of Anglican religious order (b. 1824)  

Jan 15   Guillaume Couture, composer, dies at 63 in the year 1915.  

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

Feb 05   Ross Barnes, baseball player (b. 1850) died in the year 1915.