Page 8: Historical Events In 1915
Tuesday, 03 February 2026
May 05 Richard H Rovere, Jersey City, journalist (Goldwater Caper). 


May 06 Allies attack Cape Helles, Hellespont. 


May 06 George Perle, Bayonne NJ, composer (12 Tone Tonality). 


May 06 German U-20 sinks Centurion SE of Ireland 


May 06 Orson Wells, American Actor is born. 


May 07 Alfred G Vanderbilt, US millionaire, dies aboard Lusitania. 


May 07 Lusitania sunk by German submarine; 1198 lives lost 


May 07 Nearly 1200 people are killed when the British liner Lusitania is sunk off the Irish coast bya German torpedo. 


May 07 The Cunard Line's passenger ship Lusitania was sunk by a German submarine on May 7, 1915 


May 07 The liner 'Lusitania' is sunk by German forces off the Irish coast. 


May 08 Australian 2nd Brigade and New Zealand Brigade in Battle of Krithia 


May 08 Ellis Ashmead-Bartlett's account of the Gallipoli landing published in Australia 


May 08 Henry McNeal Turner, 1 US black army chaplain, dies at 82 


May 08 In this year, 41st Kentucky Derby: Joe Notter aboard Regret claims in 2:05.4 


May 08 John Archer, Osceola Nebraska, actor (Destination: Moon) 


May 09 German and French fight Battle of Artois 


May 09 German and French fight the Battle of Artois. 


May 09 Richard Janvrin, British vice admiral. 


May 10 Albert Weisgerber, German painter/graphic artist, dies in battle 


May 10 Bert van Dongen, [Abraham J Cohen], singer/impressionist/actor. 


May 10 Zeppelin drops hundred of bombs on Southend-on-Sea. 


May 12 Croatians plunder Armenia, killing 250 


May 12 Franklin K Mathiews, presents the idea of "Book Week". 


May 13 John Habakkuk, principal (Jesus College in Oxford) 


May 14 Harry Joseph Chick Daugherty, trombonist (Spike Jones and City Slickers). 


May 15 A T and T is recorded as becoming 1st corporation to have 1 million stockholders. 


May 15 Maurice B Latey, commentator (BBC World Service). 


May 17 In this year, 40th Preakness: Douglas Hoffman aboard Rhine Maiden claims in 1:58 


May 17 Joseph D Craggs, electrical engineer. 


May 17 Last liberal British Government of Asquith falls. 


May 17 National Baptist Convention chartered 


May 18 Leon Shenandoah, native American leader. 


May 18 Major General Sir William Bridges, Commander of the inaugural Division, Australian Imperial Force (AIF), dies of wounds inflicted at Anzac Cove on 15 May His body is buried in the grounds of the Royal Military College, Duntroon 


May 19 Australians repel major Turkish attack on their positions at Gallipoli 


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