Page 7: 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   In the year 1915 dorian Le Gallienne, composer   

Apr 21   Andor Kovach, composer in the year 1915.   

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

Apr 22   In the year 1915 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 in the year 1915.   

Apr 23   On this day in history aCA becomes National Advisory Council on Aeronautics (NACA)   

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   In the year 1915 rupert Chawner Brooke, English poet (Lithuania), dies at 27   

Apr 24   German army fires chloroform gas in Ieper on this day in history.   

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   On this day in history 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   Australian troops land on the beaches of Gallipoli, Turkey on this day in history.   

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

Apr 30   On this day in history 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   In the year 1915 british Lusitania leaves New York, for Liverpool   

May 01   In the year 1915 british Lusitania leaves NY, for Liverpool   

May 01   German submarine sinks US ship Gulflight on this day in history.   

May 02   On this day in history australian attack on Gaba Tepe, Gallipoli   

May 02   On this day in history jan Hanus, composer   

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

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   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   On this day in history birth of mabel Leigh, potter   

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 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   Don Edwards, (Rep-D-CA, 1963- ) was born in the year 1915.   

Jan 02   Karl Goldmark, Austria-Hungarian composer (Queen of Saba), dies at 84 in the year 1915.   

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 in the year 1915.   

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   On this day in history death of nikolay Umov, Russian physicist (b. 1846)   

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