Page 7: Historical Events In 1915

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

Apr 18   M Wolf discovers asteroids #806 Gyldenia & #807 Ceraskia on this day in history.   

Apr 19   19th Boston Marathon won by Edouard Fabre of Canada in 2:31:41.2 in the year 1915.   

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

Apr 21   On this day in history andor Kovach, composer   

Apr 21   On this day in history the birth of Anthony Quinn, American actor   

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

Apr 22   Dick Dudley, Tenn, TV host (Village Barn) on this day in history.   

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

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

Apr 23   On this day in history 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   On this day in history 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   On this day in history massacre of Armenians by Turks   

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 on this day in history.   

Apr 25   In the year 1915 a J A Quintus Bosz, Indonesian/Suriname lawyer   

Apr 25   In the year 1915 aNZAC troops land at Gallipoli   

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   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   In the year 1915 alexander N Skriabin, Russ pianist/composer (Prometheus), dies at 43   

Apr 29   In the year 1915 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   British Lusitania leaves NY, for Liverpool in the year 1915.   

May 01   German submarine sinks US ship Gulflight in the year 1915.   

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

May 02   In the year 1915 jan Hanus, composer   

May 02   Old Fordham Road in Bronx renamed Landing Road on this day in history.   

May 03   Evencio Castellanos, composer in the year 1915.   

May 04   On this day in history curt Conway, Boston MA, actor (Raw Deal)   

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

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

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

Jan 05   Mabel Leigh, potter was born on this day in history.   

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 in the year 1915.   

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

Jan 02   In the year 1915 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   Reginald Wood, cricketer (one Test England v Australia 1886), dies in the year 1915.   

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

Jan 14   Richard Meux Benson, founder of Anglican religious order (b. 1824) died on this day in history.   

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

Jan 28   Nikolay Umov, Russian physicist (b. 1846) died in the year 1915.   

Feb 05   In the year 1915 death of ross Barnes, baseball player (b. 1850)