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 in the year 1915.  

Apr 19   On this day in history dorian Le Gallienne, composer  

Apr 21   Andor Kovach, composer on this day in history.  

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 in the year 1915.  

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

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

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

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

Apr 24   Lt. Edward Donald Bellew (Cdn. 7th Cdn Infantry Batt.) wins the Victoria Cross at Ypres, Belgium in the year 1915.  

Apr 24   On this day in history massacre of Armenians by Turks  

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

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

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

Apr 25   In the year 1915 aNZAC troops land at Gallipoli  

Apr 25   In the year 1915 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   On this day in history nicola d' Arienzo, composer, dies at 72  

Apr 26   Italy secretly signes Pact of London with Britain, France & Russia in the year 1915.  

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

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 on this day in history.  

May 01   In the year 1915 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   In the year 1915 jan Hanus, composer  

May 02   Old Fordham Road in Bronx renamed Landing Road in the year 1915.  

May 03   Evencio Castellanos, composer on this day in history.  

May 04   Curt Conway, Boston MA, actor (Raw Deal) on this day in history.  

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Jan 01   In the year 1915 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 on this day in history.  

Jan 05   Mabel Leigh, potter was born in the year 1915.  

Jan 05   Uta Graf, singer/teacher was born on this day in history.  

Jan 05   Arthur H. Robinson, Canadian-born cartographer (d. 2004) was born on this day in history.  

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   In the year 1915 karl Goldmark, Austria-Hungarian composer (Queen of Saba), dies at 84  

Jan 03   On this day in history james E Flecker, British diplomat/novelist (Hassan), dies at 30  

Jan 06   Reginald Wood, cricketer (one Test England v Australia 1886), dies on this day in history.  

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 on this day in history.  

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

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

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