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   M Wolf discovers asteroids #806 Gyldenia & #807 Ceraskia in the year 1915.  

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

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

Apr 21   Andor Kovach, composer in the year 1915.  

Apr 21   The birth of Anthony Quinn, American actor in the year 1915.  

Apr 22   1st military use of poison gas (chlorine, by Germany) in WW I on this day in history.  

Apr 22   Dick Dudley, Tenn, TV host (Village Barn) in the year 1915.  

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

Apr 23   ACA becomes National Advisory Council on Aeronautics (NACA) on this day in history.  

Apr 23   In the year 1915 lance-Cpl. Fredrick Fisher (Cdn. 13th Cdn. Infantry Batt.) wins the Victoria Cross at St.Julien Belgium  

Apr 23   Rupert Chawner Brooke, English poet (Lithuania), dies at 27 on this day in history.  

Apr 24   In the year 1915 german army fires chloroform gas in Ieper  

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 on this day in history.  

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

Apr 25   A J A Quintus Bosz, Indonesian/Suriname lawyer in the year 1915.  

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   In the year 1915 capt. Francis Alexander CAron Scrimger (Cdn. Army Medical Corp.) wins the Victoria Cross at Ypres, Belgium  

Apr 25   Nicola d' Arienzo, composer, dies at 72 on this day in history.  

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   On this day in history donald Mills, singer (Mills Brothers)  

Apr 30   In the year 1915 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.  

May 01   British Lusitania leaves New York, for Liverpool in the year 1915.  

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

May 01   In the year 1915 german submarine sinks US ship Gulflight  

May 02   In the year 1915 australian attack on Gaba Tepe, Gallipoli  

May 02   Jan Hanus, composer in the year 1915.  

May 02   On this day in history old Fordham Road in Bronx renamed Landing Road  

May 03   On this day in history evencio Castellanos, composer  

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

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Jan 01   In the year 1915 birth of francois Bondy, writer  

Jan 01   On this day in history birth of lewis Bingham Keeble, town planner  

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

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   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   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 on this day in history.  

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

Jan 13   Mary Slessor, Scottish missionary (b. 1848) died on this day in history.  

Jan 14   On this day in history death of richard Meux Benson, founder of Anglican religious order (b. 1824)  

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 in the year 1915.