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 on this day in history.  

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

Mar 08   In the year 1915 vivien John, artist  

Mar 09   Pete Gray, one-armed outfielder (St Louis Browns) on this day in history.  

Mar 10   On this day in history 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   In the year 1915 karl Krolow, writer  

Mar 11   The now-famous film, "Birth of a Nation", debuted in New York City in the year 1915.  

Mar 12   Alberto Burri, Italian physician/sculptor/abstract painter on this day in history.  

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

Mar 13   On this day in history sergei J Witte, Dutch count/premier of Russia, dies at 65  

Mar 14   On this day in history alexander Brott, composer  

Mar 14   German cruiser Dresden blows itself up near coast of Chile in the year 1915.  

Mar 14   In World War I, the German cruiser Dresden is sunk by the Royal Navy in the Pacific in the year 1915.  

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

Mar 15   In the year 1915 neth merchant ship Tubantia torpedoed & sinks in North Sea  

Mar 15   Netherlands merchant ship Tubantia torpedoed and sinks in North Sea in the year 1915.  

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

Mar 16   In the year 1915 british battle cruisers Inflexible &Irresistible hit mines in Dardanelle  

Mar 16   Federal Trade Commission organizes on this day in history.  

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

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 in the year 1915.  

Mar 18   Failed British attack in Dardanelles (The plan was supported by Winston Churchill) on this day in history.  

Mar 18   In the year 1915 french battleship Bouvet explodes, 640 killed  

Mar 18   Richard Thomas Condon, author on this day in history.  

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   On this day in history norman Yardley, English cricket captain (late 40's)  

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

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

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 on this day in history.  

Jan 01   In the year 1915 birth of lewis Bingham Keeble, town planner  

Jan 02   John Hope Franklin, historian was born on this day in history.  

Jan 05   In the year 1915 birth of mabel Leigh, potter  

Jan 05   In the year 1915 birth of uta Graf, singer/teacher  

Jan 05   Arthur H. Robinson, Canadian-born cartographer (d. 2004) was born in the year 1915.  

Jan 06   Alan Watts, Kent England, writer (Book on the Taboo) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 06   Don Edwards, (Rep-D-CA, 1963- ) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 02   On this day in history karl Goldmark, Austria-Hungarian composer (Queen of Saba), dies at 84  

Jan 03   James E Flecker, British diplomat/novelist (Hassan), dies at 30 on this day in history.  

Jan 06   In the year 1915 reginald Wood, cricketer (one Test England v Australia 1886), dies  

Jan 13   Mary Slessor, Scottish missionary (b. 1848) died in the year 1915.  

Jan 14   In the year 1915 death of richard Meux Benson, founder of Anglican religious order (b. 1824)  

Jan 15   Guillaume Couture, composer, dies at 63 in the year 1915.  

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

Feb 05   On this day in history death of ross Barnes, baseball player (b. 1850)