Historical Events In 1915

Apr 18   French pilot Roland Garros is shot down and glides to a landing on the German side of the lines during World War I on this day in history.  

Apr 18   On this day in history m Wolf discovers asteroids #806 Gyldenia & #807 Ceraskia  

Apr 19   On this day in history 19th Boston Marathon won by Edouard Fabre of Canada in 2:31:41.2  

Apr 19   Dorian Le Gallienne, composer in the year 1915.  

Apr 21   On this day in history andor Kovach, composer  

Apr 21   In the year 1915 the birth of Anthony Quinn, American actor  

Apr 22   In the year 1915 1st military use of poison gas (chlorine, by Germany) in WW I  

Apr 22   On this day in history dick Dudley, Tenn, TV host (Village Barn)  

Apr 22   In the year 1915 firt military use of poison gas (chlorine, by Germany) in WW I  

Apr 23   In the year 1915 aCA becomes National Advisory Council on Aeronautics (NACA)  

Apr 23   Lance-Cpl. Fredrick Fisher (Cdn. 13th Cdn. Infantry Batt.) wins the Victoria Cross at St.Julien Belgium on this day in history.  

Apr 23   On this day in history rupert Chawner Brooke, English poet (Lithuania), dies at 27  

Apr 24   German army fires chloroform gas in Ieper in the year 1915.  

Apr 24   On this day in history lt. Edward Donald Bellew (Cdn. 7th Cdn Infantry Batt.) wins the Victoria Cross at Ypres, Belgium  

Apr 24   Massacre of Armenians by Turks on this day in history.  

Apr 24   Sgt-Major Frederick William Hall Cdn. (8th Cdn. Infantry Batt.) wins the Victoria Cross at Ypres, Belgium in the year 1915.  

Apr 25   In the year 1915 78,000 ANZAC troops land at Gallipoli  

Apr 25   A J A Quintus Bosz, Indonesian/Suriname lawyer on this day in history.  

Apr 25   ANZAC troops land at Gallipoli on this day in history.  

Apr 25   On this day in history australian troops land on the beaches of Gallipoli, Turkey  

Apr 25   On this day in history capt. Francis Alexander CAron Scrimger (Cdn. Army Medical Corp.) wins the Victoria Cross at Ypres, Belgium  

Apr 25   In the year 1915 nicola d' Arienzo, composer, dies at 72  

Apr 26   On this day in history italy secretly signes Pact of London with Britain, France & Russia  

Apr 27   Alexander N Skriabin, Russ pianist/composer (Prometheus), dies at 43 in the year 1915.  

Apr 29   Donald Mills, singer (Mills Brothers) in the year 1915.  

Apr 30   Australia's first military pilot, Lieutenant Merz, is killed by Arabs after his Caudron plane is forced down by engine trouble over Mesopotamia during WWI on this day in history.  

May 01   On this day in history british Lusitania leaves New York, for Liverpool  

May 01   On this day in history british Lusitania leaves NY, for Liverpool  

May 01   On this day in history german submarine sinks US ship Gulflight  

May 02   Australian attack on Gaba Tepe, Gallipoli in the year 1915.  

May 02   On this day in history jan Hanus, composer  

May 02   In the year 1915 old Fordham Road in Bronx renamed Landing Road  

May 03   Evencio Castellanos, composer in the year 1915.  

May 04   In the year 1915 curt Conway, Boston MA, actor (Raw Deal)  

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Jan 01   Francois Bondy, writer was born on this day in history.  

Jan 01   Lewis Bingham Keeble, town planner was born in the year 1915.  

Jan 02   On this day in history birth of john Hope Franklin, historian  

Jan 05   On this day in history birth of mabel Leigh, potter  

Jan 05   Uta Graf, singer/teacher was born in the year 1915.  

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 in the year 1915.  

Jan 06   In the year 1915 birth of don Edwards, (Rep-D-CA, 1963- )  

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

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

Jan 06   On this day in history reginald Wood, cricketer (one Test England v Australia 1886), dies  

Jan 13   In the year 1915 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   Nikolay Umov, Russian physicist (b. 1846) died on this day in history.  

Feb 05   Ross Barnes, baseball player (b. 1850) died in the year 1915.