1915 (MCMXV) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Thursday[1] of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). [edit] Events of 1915 [edit] January - January – While working as a cook at New York's Sloan Hospital under an assumed name, Typhoid Mary infects 25 people, and is placed in quarantine for life.
- January 1 – World War I: The battleship HMS Formidable is sunk off Lyme Regis, Dorset, England, by a German U-Boat.
- January 12 – The Rocky Mountain National Park is established by an act of the U.S. Congress.
- January 12 – The United States House of Representatives rejects a proposal to give women the right to vote.
- January 13 – An earthquake (6.8 in Richter scale) in Avezzano, Italy, kills more than 29,000.
- January 18 – Twenty-One Demands from Japan to China are made.
- January 19 – Georges Claude patents the neon discharge tube for use in advertising.
- January 19 – German zeppelins bomb the cities of Great Yarmouth and King's Lynn in the United Kingdom for the first time, killing more than 20.
- January 21 – Kiwanis International is founded in Detroit, Michigan.
- January 28 – An act of the U.S. Congress designates the United States Coast Guard, begun in 1790, as a military branch.
- January 31 – World War I: Germany uses poison gas against the Russians.
[edit] February [edit] August [edit] September [edit] October [edit] November [edit] December [edit] Undated [edit] Ongoing [edit] Births [edit] January–February - January 2 – John Hope Franklin, American historian (d. 2009)
- January 3 – Sid Hudson, American baseball player (d. 2008)
- January 3 – Mady Rahl, German stage and film actress (d. 2009)
- January 5 – Arthur H. Robinson, American geographer and cartographer (d. 2004)
- January 6 – Don Edwards, American politician
- January 9 – Anita Louise, American actress (d. 1970)
- January 11 – Robert Blair Mayne, British soldier and co-founder of the Special Air Service (d. 1955)
- January 14 – Mark Goodson, American television game show producer (d. 1992)
- January 15 – Leo Mol, Ukrainian Canadian artist and sculptor (d. 2009)
- January 16 – Leslie H. Martinson, American television and film director
- January 18 – Santiago Carrillo, Spanish politician
- January 20 – Ghulam Ishaq Khan, President of Pakistan (d. 2006)
- January 23 – Arthur Lewis, British economist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1991)
- January 24 – Robert Motherwell, American painter (d. 1991)
- January 28 – Nien Cheng, Chinese-born American writer
- January 29 – John Serry, Sr., American musician, composer, arranger (d. 2003)
- January 30 – Joachim Peiper, German S.S. officer (d. 1976)
- January 30 – John Profumo, British cabinet minister (d. 2006)
- January 31 – Alan Lomax, American folklorist and musicologist (d. 2002)
- January 31 – Thomas Merton, American monk and author (d. 1968)
- February 1 – Artur London, Czech statesman (d. 1986)
- February 1 – Sir Stanley Matthews, English footballer (d. 2000)
- February 1 – Alicia Rhett, American actress and painter
- February 2 – Khushwant Singh, Indian writer
- February 4 – Sir Norman Wisdom, English comedian, singer, and actor
- February 5 – Robert Hofstadter, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1990)
- February 7 – Teoctist Arăpaşu, Ex-Romanian Orthodox Church Patriarch (d. 2007)
- February 11 – Patrick Leigh Fermor, British author and soldier
- February 14 – Ray Evans, American composer (d. 2007)
- February 16 – Jim O'Hora, American college football coach (d. 2005)
- February 16 – Elisabeth Eybers, South African poet (d. 2007)
- February 19 – John Freeman, British politician
- February 23 – Paul Tibbets, American World War II bomber pilot (Enola Gay) (d. 2007)
- February 26 – Preacher Roe, American baseball player (d. 2008)
- February 28 – Zero Mostel, American film and stage actor (A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum) (d. 1977)
- February 28 – Peter Medawar, Brazilian-born scientist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (d. 1987)
[edit] March–April - March 3 – Wally Cassell, American actor
- March 4 – Carlos Surinach, Spanish composer (d. 1997)
- March 6 – Syedna Mohammed Burhanuddin, Leader of the Dawoodi Bohra Community
- March 9 – John Edgar "Johnnie" Johnson, English pilot (d. 2001)
- March 10 – Harry Bertoia, Italian artist and designer (d. 1978)
- March 11 – Vijay Hazare, Indian cricketer (d. 2004)
- March 14 – Alexander Brott, Canadian conductor and composer (d. 2005)
- March 17 – Bill Roycroft, Australian equestrian
- March 19 – Patricia Morison, American actress
- March 20 – Rudolf Kirchschlaeger, Austrian politician (d. 2000)
- March 20 – Sviatoslav Richter, Ukrainian pianist (d. 1997)
- March 23 – Vasily Zaitsev, Soviet sniper (d. 1991)
- March 27 – Robert Lockwood Jr., American musician (d. 2006)
- March 30 – Arsenio Erico, Paraguayan footballer (d. 1977)
- March 30 – Pietro Ingrao, Italian politician
- March 31 – Albert Hourani, English historian (d. 1993)
- April 3 – Piet de Jong, Dutch politician, Prime Minister of the Netherlands from 1967 until 1971
- April 4 – Muddy Waters, African-American musician (d. 1983)
- April 7 – Albert O. Hirschman, German-born economist
- April 7 – Billie Holiday, African-American singer (d. 1959)
- April 8 – Ivan Supek, Croatian physicist, author, and human rights activist (d. 2007)
- April 10 – Harry Morgan, American actor (Dragnet)
- April 12 – Július Tomin, Czech writer (d. 2003)
- April 15 – Elizabeth Catlett, American-born artist
- April 21 – Anthony Quinn, Mexican actor (Zorba The Greek) (d. 2001)
- April 23 – Robert Kellard, American actor (d. 1981)
- April 29 – Donald Mills, lead tenor of The Mills Brothers (d. 1999)
- April 30 – Elio Toaff, Italian rabbi
[edit] May–June - May 1 – Archie Williams, American athlete (d. 1993)
- May 2 – Doris Fisher, American singer and songwriter (d. 2003)
- May 3 – Stu Hart, Canadian wrestling trainer (d. 2003)
- May 5 – Alice Faye, American entertainer (d. 1998)
- May 6 – Orson Welles, American film director (Citizen Kane) (d. 1985)
- May 6 – George Perle, American composer (d. 2009)
- May 8 – Milton Meltzer, American author (d. 2009)
- May 10 – Denis Thatcher, British businessman, husband of UK Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher (d. 2003)
- May 12 – Frère Roger, Swiss founder of the Taizé Community (d. 2005)
- May 15 – Hilda Bernstein, English-born author, artist, and activist (d. 2006)
- May 15 – Mario Monicelli, Italian film director
- May 15 – Paul Samuelson, American economist, Nobel Prize laureate
- May 20 – Moshe Dayan, Israeli military leader and politician (d. 1981)
- May 20 – Peter Copley, English actor (d. 2008)
- May 26 – Sam Edwards, American actor (d. 2004)
- May 27 – Esther Soré, Chilean musician (d. 1996)
- May 27 – Herman Wouk, American author (The Winds of War)
- May 29 – Karl Münchinger, German conductor (d. 1990)
- June 1 – John Randolph, American actor (d. 2004)
- June 9 – Les Paul, American inventor and musician (d. 2009)
- June 10 – Saul Bellow, Canadian-born writer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2005)
- June 10 – Peride Celal, Turkish author
- June 12 – David Rockefeller, American banker and philanthropist
- June 15 – Thomas Huckle Weller, American virologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (d. 2008)
- June 17 – Karl Targownik, Hungarian psychiatrist and Holocaust survivor (d. 1996)
- June 17 – Mario Echandi Jiménez, President of Costa Rica
- June 20 – Paul Castellano, American gangster (d. 1985)
- June 24 – Sir Fred Hoyle, British astronomer (d. 2001)
- June 26 – Charlotte Zolotow, American author
- June 27 – Grace Lee Boggs, American feminist and author
- June 28 – David Honeyboy Edwards, American musician
[edit] July–August - July 2 – Arthur Wellesley, 8th Duke of Wellington
- July 5 – John Woodruff, American athlete (d. 2007)
- July 15 – Albert Ghiorso, American nuclear scientist
- July 17 – Fred Ball, American movie studio executive, actor, and the brother of comedienne Lucille Ball (d. 2007)
- July 24 – Enrique Fernando, Chief Justice of the Philippine Supreme Court (d. 2004)
- July 26 – Pattabhi Jois, Indian yogi (d. 2009)
- July 28 – Charles Townes, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate
- July 28 – Frankie Yankovic, American accordion player (d. 1998)
- July 28 – Dick Sprang,American comic book artist during the golden age of comics and an explorer (d. 2000)
- August 3 – Pete Newell, Canadian-born basketball coach (d. 2008)
- August 3 – Frank Arthur Calder, Canadian politician (d. 2006)
- August 12 – Michael Kidd, American choreographer (d. 2007)
- August 19 – Ring Lardner Jr., American film screenwriter (d. 2000)
- August 22 – Hugh Paddick, British actor (d. 2000)
- August 25 – Walter Trampler, American violist (d. 1997)
- August 27 – Norman F. Ramsey, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate
- August 28 – Tasha Tudor, American illustrator (d. 2008)
- August 28 – Max Robertson, British sports commentator
- August 29 – Ingrid Bergman, Swedish actress (d. 1982)
- August 30 – Princess Lilian, Duchess of Halland
- August 30 – Robert Strassburg, American composer (d. 2003)
[edit] September–October - September 2 – Meinhardt Raabe, American actor
- September 3 – Knut Nystedt, Norwegian composer
- September 8 – Frank Cady, American actor
- September 8 – Frank Pullen, English business person and racehorse owner (d. 1992)
- September 12 – Frank McGee, American television personality (d. 1974)
- September 14 – John Dobson, American astronomer
- September 14 – Douglas Kennedy, American actor (d. 1973)
- September 15 – Ismail Yasin, Egyptian comedian and actor (d. 1972)
- September 17 – M F Husain, Indian artist
- September 17 – Adolfo Sánchez Vázquez, Spanish-born philosopher
- September 23 – Julius Baker, American flautist (d. 2003)
- September 23 – Clifford Shull, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2001)
- September 29 – Vincent DeDomenico, American entrepreneur (d. 2007)
- September 30 – Lester Maddox, Governor of Georgia (d. 2003)
- October 1 – T. Llew Jones, Welsh author and poet (d. 2009)
- October 9 – Clifford M. Hardin, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture
- October 13 – Terry Frost, English artist (d. 2003)
- October 15 – Nellie Lutcher, American singer (d. 2007)
- October 15 – Yitzhak Shamir, Israeli politician
- October 17 – Arthur Miller, American playwright (d. 2005)
- October 19 – Farid al-Atrash, Arab composer, singer, virtuoso oud player, and actor (d. 1974)
- October 24 – Bob Kane, American comic book artist/writer. Creator of Batman (d. 1998)
- October 24 – Tito Gobbi, Italian baritone (d. 1984)
- October 28 – Dody Goodman, American actress and dancer (d. 2008)
- October 29 – William Berenberg, American physician (d. 2005)
- October 30 – Jane Randolph, American actress (d. 2009)
[edit] November–December - November 4 – Wee Kim Wee, 4th president of Singapore (d. 2005)
- November 9 – André François, French cartoonist (d. 2005)
- November 9 – Sargent Shriver, American politician
- November 11 – William Proxmire, U.S. Senator (d. 2005)
- November 12 – Roland Barthes, French philosopher and literary critic (d. 1980)
- November 14 – Martha Tilton, British actress (d. 2006)
- November 17 – David "Stringbean" Akeman, American country music banjo player (d. 1973)
- November 19 – Earl Wilbur Sutherland Jr., American physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1974)
- November 25 – Augusto Pinochet, President of Chile (d. 2006)
- November 25 – Stanley Wilson, American musician (d. 1970)
- November 28 – Evald Okas, Estonian painter
- November 30 – Brownie McGhee, American musician (d. 1996)
- November 30 – Henry Taube, Canadian-born chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2005)
- December 7 – Eli Wallach, American actor
- December 8 – Ernest Lehman, American screenwriter (d. 2005)
- December 9 – Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, German-born soprano (d. 2006)
- December 12 – Frank Sinatra, American entertainer (d. 1998)
- December 13 – Ross Macdonald, American-Canadian writer (d. 1983)
- December 17 – Robert A. Dahl, American political scientist
- December 19 – Édith Piaf, French singer (d. 1963)
- December 21 – Werner von Trapp, member of the Trapp Family Singers (d. 2007)
- December 22 – Barbara Billingsley, American actress (Leave It To Beaver)
- December 27 – Gyula Zsengellér, Hungarian footballer (d. 1999)
[edit] Deaths [edit] January–June - January 14 – Richard Meux Benson, English founder of an Anglican religious order (b. 1824)
- January 15 – Mary Slessor, Scottish Christian missionary (b. 1848)
- January 23 – Anne Whitney American sculptor and poet (b. 1821)
- February 5 – Ross Barnes, American baseball player (b. 1850)
- February 18 – Frank James American outlaw (b. 1843)
- March 4 – William Willett, English promoter of daylight saving time (b. 1856)
- March 9 – François Faber, Luxembourgian cyclist (b. 1887)
- March 15 – George Llewelyn-Davies, one of the 'Lost Boys' for the Peter Pan book (b. 1893)
- March 31 – Wyndham Halswelle, Scottish runner (b. 1882)
- April 16 – Nelson W. Aldrich, U.S. Senator from Rhode Island (b. 1841)
- April 23 – Rupert Brooke, English poet (b. 1887)
- April 23 – Frederick Fisher, Canadian VC recipient (killed in battle) (b. 1894)
- April 27 – Alexander Scriabin, Russian composer (b. 1872)
- May 7 – Charles Frohman American theater producer, died on Lusitania (b. 1856)
- May 19 – Tony Wilding, New Zealand tennis player (born 1883)
- May 24 – Private John Condon, youngest British soldier to die during the First World War (b. c. 1901)
- May 26 – Julian Grenfell, poet (killed in battle) (b. 1888)
- May 31 – Victor Child Villiers, 7th Earl of Jersey, 18th Governor of New South Wales (b. 1845)
- June 7 – Charles Reed Bishop, preeminent businessman and philanthropist in Hawaii (b. 1822)
[edit] July–December - July 2 – Porfirio Díaz, President of Mexico (b. 1830)
- July 16 – Ellen G. White, American prophetess, co-founder of Seventh-Day Adventism, most translated American author (b. 1827)
- August 20 – Paul Ehrlich, German scientist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1854)
- August 26 – John Bunny American silent film comedian (b. 1863)
- August 31 – Adolphe Pegoud, aviator (KIA) (b. 1889)
- September 9 – Albert Spalding, baseball player and sporting goods manufacturer (b. 1850)
- September 11 – William Sprague IV, America politician from Rhode Island (b. 1830)
- September 13 – Andrew L. Harris, American Civil War hero and Governor of Ohio (b. 1835)
- September 27 – Fergus Bowes-Lyon, brother of Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon (killed in battle) (b. 1889)
- October 12 – Edith Cavell, nurse and war heroine (shot) (b. 1865)
- October 12 – Charles Sorley, British poet (killed in battle) (b. 1895)
- October 23 – W. G. Grace, English cricketer (b. 1948)
- October 30 – Charles Tupper, Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1821)
- November 15 – Booker T. Washington, American educator (b. 1856)
- November 28 – Mubarak Al-Sabah, Emir of Kuwait (b. 1896)
[edit] Nobel Prizes - ^ "Calendar in year 1915 (Russia)" (Julian calendar), webpage:Julian-1915 (Romania used Julian in 1919, when Russia adopted Gregorian).
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