Page 19: Historical Events In 1915

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)