Page 16: Historical Events In 1915

Oct 17   Arthur Miller, NYC, playwright (Death of a Salesman, Crucible)   

Oct 18   3rd Italians offensive at Isonzo.   

Oct 18   Victor Sen Yung, SF Calif, actor (Hop Sing-Bonanza, Bachelor Family).   

Oct 19   Russia/Italy declares war on Bulgaria.   

Oct 20   Giora Schuster, composer   

Oct 21   1st transatlantic radiotelephone message, Arlington, Va to Paris.   

Oct 21   inaugural transatlantic radiotelephone message, Arlington, Va to Paris   

Oct 21   Vera Deakin, daughter of former Prime Minister Alfred Deakin, establishes the Australian Red Cross Missing and Wounded Enquiry Bureau in Cairo, Egypt During the remainder of the war the bureau handled thousands of enquiries from Australian families seeking information about wounded and missing soldiers   

Oct 22   Harry Hickox, Big Springs Tx, (Herb-Please Don't Eat the Daisies)   

Oct 23   1st national horseshoe throwing championship (Kellerton, Iowa).   

Oct 23   25000 women march in NYC, demanding right to vote   

Oct 23   W G Grace, British cricketer, dies.   

Oct 24   Jean Vallerand, composer   

Oct 25   Atty James L Curtis named minister of Liberia.   

Oct 26   Golfredo Corradetti, conductor   

Oct 27   Harry Saltzman, St Johns NB Canada, producer (Goldfinger).   

Oct 28   Dody Goodman, Columbus Ohio, comedienne (Mary Hartman!, Max Duggan).   

Oct 28   Richard Strauss' Alpensymfonie, premieres in Berlin.   

Oct 29   Aristide Briand is recorded as becoming premier of France   

Oct 29   Dennis Brookes, cricketer (one Test England v WI 1948, scored 10 and 7)   

Oct 30   Gervys Rignold Hazlitt, cricketer (9 Tests for Aust 1907-12), dies   

Oct 30   Pierre Wissmer, Swiss composer (Capitaine Bruno).   

Nov 01   Carlos A Nicolaas, Bonaire, teacher/poet.   

Nov 01   Parris Island is officially designated a Marine Corps Recruit Depot.   

Nov 02   1st US election by proportional representation, Ashtabula, Ohio.   

Nov 02   Douglas Gordon Lilburn, composer   

Nov 04   Alistair Cameron Crombie, historian of science.   

Nov 05   Moe Biller, NYC, labor union officer (AFL-CIO, Postal Workers)   

Nov 06   1st military flight in Neth East Indies (Tandjong Priok).   

Nov 07   Austrian submarine torpedoes Italian passenger ship (272 kill).   

Nov 09   Italian liner Ancona sinks by German torpedoes, killing 272   

Nov 09   Italian liner Ancona sinks by German torpedos, killing 272   

Nov 09   Sargent Shriver, MD, Dem VP candidate (1972)/directed Peace Corp.   

Nov 11   Bernhard Heiliger, sculptor.   

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Jan 01   Francois bondy: Writer   

Jan 01   Lewis bingham keeble: Town planner   

Jan 02   John hope franklin: Historian   

Jan 05   Mabel leigh: Potter   

Jan 05   Uta graf: Singer/teacher   

Jan 05   Arthur h. robinson: Canadian-born cartographer   

Jan 06   Alan watts: Kent england, writer (book on the taboo)   

Jan 06   Don edwards: (rep-d-ca, 1963- )   

Jan 02   Karl goldmark: Austria-hungarian composer (queen of saba),   

Jan 03   James e flecker: British diplomat/novelist (hassan),   

Jan 06   Reginald wood: Cricketer (one test england v australia 1886),    

Jan 13   Mary slessor: Scottish missionary (b. 1848)   

Jan 14   Richard meux benson: Founder of anglican religious order (b. 1824)   

Jan 15   Guillaume couture: Composer,   

Jan 28   Nikolay umov: Russian physicist (b. 1846)   

Feb 05   Ross barnes: Baseball player (b. 1850)