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 in the year 1915.   

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

Apr 21   Andor Kovach, composer in the year 1915.   

Apr 21   In the year 1915 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   In the year 1915 firt military use of poison gas (chlorine, by Germany) in WW I   

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

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

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

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

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

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

Apr 25   On this day in history 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   Nicola d' Arienzo, composer, dies at 72 on this day in history.   

Apr 26   Italy secretly signes Pact of London with Britain, France & Russia on this day in history.   

Apr 27   In the year 1915 alexander N Skriabin, Russ pianist/composer (Prometheus), dies at 43   

Apr 29   Donald Mills, singer (Mills Brothers) on this day in history.   

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   In the year 1915 british Lusitania leaves New York, for Liverpool   

May 01   On this day in history british Lusitania leaves NY, for Liverpool   

May 01   In the year 1915 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   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   On this day in history birth of francois Bondy, writer   

Jan 01   Lewis Bingham Keeble, town planner was born on this day in history.   

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

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

Jan 05   Uta Graf, singer/teacher was born in the year 1915.   

Jan 05   In the year 1915 birth of arthur H. Robinson, Canadian-born cartographer (d. 2004)   

Jan 06   In the year 1915 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   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 in the year 1915.   

Jan 06   In the year 1915 reginald Wood, cricketer (one Test England v Australia 1886), dies   

Jan 13   In the year 1915 death of mary Slessor, Scottish missionary (b. 1848)   

Jan 14   In the year 1915 death of richard Meux Benson, founder of Anglican religious order (b. 1824)   

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

Jan 28   Nikolay Umov, Russian physicist (b. 1846) died on this day in history.   

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