Page 4: Historical Events In 1915

Feb 20   Panama-Pacific International Exposition opens in SF.   

Feb 20   Philip Friend, Horsham England, actor (Vulture, Fur Collar)   

Feb 21   20th Russian Army corps surrenders.   

Feb 21   Ann Sheridan, Denton Texas, actress (Dodge City, Another World)   

Feb 21   World's Fair in San Francisco opens   

Feb 22   Germany begins "unrestricted" submarine war.   

Feb 23   Germany sinks US ships Carib and Evelyn and torpedoes Norwegian ship Regin   

Feb 23   Heinrich Schirmbeck, German author (Das Spiegellabyrinth)   

Feb 23   Nevada enforces convenient divorce law.   

Feb 23   Robert Smalls, Reconstruction congressman, dies at 75 in SC   

Feb 24   Charles Henry "Harry" Urwin, trade unionist.   

Feb 25   George Mimot, physician (Nobel-1934), dies   

Feb 26   Elisabeth Eybers, South Afr/Dutch poetess (That Woman and Other Verses).   

Feb 26   Malancourt, Argonnen (1st (German) flame-thrower   

Feb 26   Malancourt, Argonnen - inaugural (German) flame-thrower   

Feb 27   Arthur Gilson, Belgian attorney/minister of Defense (1958-..)   

Feb 28   Peter Medawar, England, zoologist, immunologist (Nobel 1953)   

Feb 28   Sir Peter Medawar, English immunologist is born   

Mar 01   Encephalitis lethargica pandemic in Worldwide killing 1.5 million people   

Mar 02   British vice adm Carden begins bombing of Dardanelles forts   

Mar 02   British Vice Admiral Carden begins bombing of Dardanelles forts   

Mar 02   Lona Andre, actress (Case of Baby Sitter)   

Mar 02   Vladmir Jabotinsky forms a Jewish military force to fight in Palestine.   

Mar 03   George Brian Snape, businessman/rugby league entrepreneur.   

Mar 03   National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NASA forerunner) created.   

Mar 03   The now-famous film, "Birth of a Nation", debuted in New York City   

Mar 05   World War I: The LZ 33, a zeppelin, is damaged by enemy fire and stranded south of Ostend   

Mar 06   Greek King Constantine I fires premier Venizelos   

Mar 06   Syedna Mohammed Burhanuddin, 52nd Da'i al Mutlaq of the Dawoodi Bohras.   

Mar 07   Jacques Chaban-Delmas, French politician   

Mar 07   Lusitania sunk by German submarine; 1198 lives lost.   

Mar 07   Nearly 1200 people are killed when the British liner Lusitania is sunk off the Irish coast bya German torpedo.   

Mar 07   The Cunard Line's passenger ship Lusitania was sunk by a German submarine on May 7, 1915   

Mar 08   1st US navy minelayer, Baltimore, commissioned   

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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)