Page 5: Historical Events In 1915

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

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   In the year 1915 1st US navy minelayer, Baltimore, commissioned   

Mar 08   The first US navy minelayer, Baltimore, commissioned on this day in history.   

Mar 08   In the year 1915 vivien John, artist   

Mar 09   In the year 1915 pete Gray, one-armed outfielder (St Louis Browns)   

Mar 10   British expedition Army in Belgium captures Neuve Chapelle in the year 1915.   

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

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   Sergei J Witte, Dutch count/premier of Russia, dies at 65 in the year 1915.   

Mar 14   On this day in history alexander Brott, composer   

Mar 14   On this day in history german cruiser Dresden blows itself up near coast of Chile   

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   Neth merchant ship Tubantia torpedoed & sinks in North Sea on this day in history.   

Mar 15   In the year 1915 netherlands merchant ship Tubantia torpedoed and sinks in North Sea   

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

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   On this day in history walter Crane, English painter/cartoonist/illustrator, dies at 69   

Mar 18   On this day in history failed British attack in Dardanelles   

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

Mar 18   French battleship Bouvet explodes, 640 killed in the year 1915.   

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   Norman Yardley, English cricket captain (late 40's) on this day in history.   

Mar 19   In the year 1915 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   On this day in history birth of francois Bondy, writer   

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

Jan 02   John Hope Franklin, historian was born in the year 1915.   

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   On this day in history 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   On this day in history birth of don Edwards, (Rep-D-CA, 1963- )   

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

Jan 03   James E Flecker, British diplomat/novelist (Hassan), dies at 30 in the year 1915.   

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   Guillaume Couture, composer, dies at 63 on this day in history.   

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)