Page 18: Historical Events In 1915

Dec 13   Balthazar Johannes Vorster, Prime Minister of South Africa (1966-77)   

Dec 14   Clay Warnick, Tacoma Wash, choral director (Jimmie Rodgers Show)   

Dec 14   Jack Johnson is 1st black world heavyweight boxing champion   

Dec 15   Jose Toribio Merino Castro, admiral   

Dec 16   Georgi Sviridov, composer   

Dec 16   In this year, Albert Einstein publishes his "General Theory of Relativity".   

Dec 18   Dario Mangiarotti, Italy, fencing, gold, 2 silver (Olympic-1948, 52)   

Dec 18   Pres Wilson, widowed the year before, marries Edith Bolling Galt.   

Dec 18   President Wilson, widowed the year before, marries Edith Bolling Galt   

Dec 19   Alvis Alzheimer, German neurologist (Alzheimer Disease), dies at 51   

Dec 19   Edith Piaf, French singer is born   

Dec 19   Edith Piaf, [E Giovanna Gassion], Paris, chanteuse (Little Sparrow).   

Dec 20   Aziz Nesin, writer   

Dec 20   Last Australian troops evacuated from Gallipoli Peninsula.   

Dec 20   Russian troops overrun Qom, Persia   

Dec 21   10.17" (25.83 cm) of rainfall, Glenora, Oregon (state record).   

Dec 21   25.83 cm (10.17") of rainfall, Glenora, Oregon (state record)   

Dec 22   Federal Baseball League disolved   

Dec 23   J Kern/S Greene's musical "Very Good Eddie," premieres in NYC   

Dec 23   Roland Leighton, dies at 20   

Dec 25   Irving Berlin and Harry B Smith's musical premieres in NYC   

Dec 26   Hans [Henri A] Gomperts, Dutch literature (Duck on Attic).   

Dec 27   Mary Kornman, Idaho Falls ID, actress (Queen of the Jungle).   

Dec 28   Gerrit Jan van Heek, Dutch textile manufacturer/politician, dies at 78.   

Dec 28   Roebuck "Pops" Staples, US gospel/singer (Staple Singers)   

Dec 28   San Francisco City Hall dedicated by Mayor James Rolph   

Dec 28   SF City Hall dedicated by Mayor James Rolph   

Dec 29   Charles Beach Hawley, composer, dies at 57.   

Dec 29   Charles L[eonard] Harness, US, sci-fi author (Paradox Men, Wolfhead)   

Dec 30   Cromarty Harbour, Scot-British cruiser Natal explodes: 405 die.   

Dec 30   HMS Natal, blew up and sank at her moorings in the Cromarty Firth, Scotland, over 400 lives lost. Sources differ about the date with some giving it as 31st. The cause was speculated about at the time and sabotage was feared by some but the official enquiry put it down to a cordite explosion which is recorded as becoming unstable when overheated. Other ships had suffered a similar fate, and this is the most likely explanation.   

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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)