Historical Events In 1915

Mar 07   In the year 1915 nearly 1200 people are killed when the British liner Lusitania is sunk off the Irish coast bya German torpedo  

Mar 07   On this day in history 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 in the year 1915.  

Mar 08   In the year 1915 the first US navy minelayer, Baltimore, commissioned  

Mar 08   Vivien John, artist in the year 1915.  

Mar 09   On this day in history pete Gray, one-armed outfielder (St Louis Browns)  

Mar 10   In the year 1915 british expedition Army in Belgium captures Neuve Chapelle  

Mar 10   In the year 1915 canadians see action in Battle of Neuve Chapellein France  

Mar 11   On this day in history karl Krolow, writer  

Mar 11   The now-famous film, "Birth of a Nation", debuted in New York City on this day in history.  

Mar 12   On this day in history alberto Burri, Italian physician/sculptor/abstract painter  

Mar 13   Dodgers manager Wilbert Robinson tries to catch a baseball dropped from an airplane, but the pilot substituted a grapefruit on this day in history.  

Mar 13   Sergei J Witte, Dutch count/premier of Russia, dies at 65 on this day in history.  

Mar 14   In the year 1915 alexander Brott, composer  

Mar 14   In the year 1915 german cruiser Dresden blows itself up near coast of Chile  

Mar 14   On this day in history in World War I, the German cruiser Dresden is sunk by the Royal Navy in the Pacific  

Mar 15   In the year 1915 david Schoenbrun, CBS broadcast bureau head (Wash, Paris)  

Mar 15   Neth merchant ship Tubantia torpedoed & sinks in North Sea in the year 1915.  

Mar 15   Netherlands merchant ship Tubantia torpedoed and sinks in North Sea on this day in history.  

Mar 16   Brit battle cruisers Inflexible & Irresistible hit mines in Dardanelle in the year 1915.  

Mar 16   On this day in history british battle cruisers Inflexible &Irresistible hit mines in Dardanelle  

Mar 16   On this day in history federal Trade Commission organizes  

Mar 16   The Second Canadian Division begins to arrive in England for service in World War I on this day in history.  

Mar 17   On this day in history hans Namuth, German/US photographer (Todos Santos, Guatemala)  

Mar 17   Walter Crane, English painter/cartoonist/illustrator, dies at 69 on this day in history.  

Mar 18   Failed British attack in Dardanelles on this day in history.  

Mar 18   Failed British attack in Dardanelles (The plan was supported by Winston Churchill) in the year 1915.  

Mar 18   French battleship Bouvet explodes, 640 killed on this day in history.  

Mar 18   In the year 1915 richard Thomas Condon, author  

Mar 18   In the year 1915 turkey's Canakkale (Trojan) Sea Victory against allied powers(USA, Australia, England, Italy) during First World War  

Mar 19   Norman Yardley, English cricket captain (late 40's) in the year 1915.  

Mar 19   On this day in history pluto photographed for 1st time (although unknown at the time)  

Mar 19   Pluto photographed for first time (although unknown at the time) in the year 1915.  

Mar 20   On this day in history sviatosiav Richter, Zhitomir Ukraine, pianist (Stalin Prize-1945)  

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Jan 01   Francois Bondy, writer was born in the year 1915.  

Jan 01   Lewis Bingham Keeble, town planner was born on this day in history.  

Jan 02   In the year 1915 birth of john Hope Franklin, historian  

Jan 05   Mabel Leigh, potter was born in the year 1915.  

Jan 05   On this day in history birth of uta Graf, singer/teacher  

Jan 05   In the year 1915 birth of arthur H. Robinson, Canadian-born cartographer (d. 2004)  

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

Jan 06   Don Edwards, (Rep-D-CA, 1963- ) was born in the year 1915.  

Jan 02   Karl Goldmark, Austria-Hungarian composer (Queen of Saba), dies at 84 in the year 1915.  

Jan 03   On this day in history james E Flecker, British diplomat/novelist (Hassan), dies at 30  

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   Richard Meux Benson, founder of Anglican religious order (b. 1824) died in the year 1915.  

Jan 15   On this day in history guillaume Couture, composer, dies at 63  

Jan 28   In the year 1915 death of nikolay Umov, Russian physicist (b. 1846)  

Feb 05   Ross Barnes, baseball player (b. 1850) died on this day in history.