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

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

Apr 19   In the year 1915 dorian Le Gallienne, composer  

Apr 21   Andor Kovach, composer in the year 1915.  

Apr 21   The birth of Anthony Quinn, American actor on this day in history.  

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

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 in the year 1915.  

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

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

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

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

Apr 25   In the year 1915 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   Italy secretly signes Pact of London with Britain, France & Russia on this day in history.  

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

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

May 04   Curt Conway, Boston MA, actor (Raw Deal) in the year 1915.  

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

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

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   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   Alan Watts, Kent England, writer (Book on the Taboo) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 06   On this day in history birth of don Edwards, (Rep-D-CA, 1963- )  

Jan 02   On this day in history 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 on this day in history.  

Jan 13   Mary Slessor, Scottish missionary (b. 1848) died in the year 1915.  

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

Jan 15   In the year 1915 guillaume Couture, composer, dies at 63  

Jan 28   In the year 1915 death of nikolay Umov, Russian physicist (b. 1846)  

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