Page 7: 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   In the year 1915 19th Boston Marathon won by Edouard Fabre of Canada in 2:31:41.2   

Apr 19   Dorian Le Gallienne, composer on this day in history.   

Apr 21   In the year 1915 andor Kovach, composer   

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) in the year 1915.   

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   Lance-Cpl. Fredrick Fisher (Cdn. 13th Cdn. Infantry Batt.) wins the Victoria Cross at St.Julien Belgium in the year 1915.   

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

Apr 24   In the year 1915 german army fires chloroform gas in Ieper   

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   In the year 1915 massacre of Armenians by Turks   

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 in the year 1915.   

Apr 25   On this day in history aNZAC troops land at Gallipoli   

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   Nicola d' Arienzo, composer, dies at 72 in the year 1915.   

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 on this day in history.   

Apr 29   In the year 1915 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   British Lusitania leaves New York, for Liverpool on this day in history.   

May 01   British Lusitania leaves NY, for Liverpool in the year 1915.   

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   Jan Hanus, composer on this day in history.   

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

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Jan 01   On this day in history birth of francois Bondy, writer   

Jan 01   In the year 1915 birth of lewis Bingham Keeble, town planner   

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

Jan 05   Arthur H. Robinson, Canadian-born cartographer (d. 2004) was born in the year 1915.   

Jan 06   In the year 1915 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   On this day in history karl Goldmark, Austria-Hungarian composer (Queen of Saba), dies at 84   

Jan 03   In the year 1915 james E Flecker, British diplomat/novelist (Hassan), dies at 30   

Jan 06   In the year 1915 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   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   Ross Barnes, baseball player (b. 1850) died on this day in history.