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   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   In the year 1915 andor Kovach, composer   

Apr 21   On this day in history 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   On this day in history firt military use of poison gas (chlorine, by Germany) in WW I   

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   Rupert Chawner Brooke, English poet (Lithuania), dies at 27 in the year 1915.   

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

Apr 24   Lt. Edward Donald Bellew (Cdn. 7th Cdn Infantry Batt.) wins the Victoria Cross at Ypres, Belgium on this day in history.   

Apr 24   In the year 1915 massacre of Armenians by Turks   

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   In the year 1915 78,000 ANZAC troops land at Gallipoli   

Apr 25   On this day in history a J A Quintus Bosz, Indonesian/Suriname lawyer   

Apr 25   ANZAC troops land at Gallipoli on this day in history.   

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   On this day in history italy secretly signes Pact of London with Britain, France & Russia   

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   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 in the year 1915.   

May 01   British Lusitania leaves New York, for Liverpool on this day in history.   

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   In the year 1915 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   Mabel Leigh, potter was born on this day in history.   

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

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

Jan 13   Mary Slessor, Scottish missionary (b. 1848) died on this day in history.   

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   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)