Today in History for July 1915

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Historical Events

Events 1 - 18 of 18

1st - Australia begins Commonwealth Lighthouse Service
1st - Australian Survey Corps becomes part of Military Forces
3rd - US military forces occupy Haiti, remain until 1934
7th - A Great Gorge and International Railway trolley with an extreme overload of 157 passengers crashes near Queenston, Ontario, killing 15.
9th - Germany surrenders South West Africa to Union of South Africa
10th - British/South African troops march into German SW-Africa
11th - Germany cruiser Königsberg sinks off Dar-es-Salam
17th - Italian offensive at Isonzo
18th - 2nd Battle of Isonzo begins & ends with loss of 280,000 men
18th - Boston Braves start move from last place to become world series champs
19th - Dutch accidents at sea law enforced
19th - Naval accident
19th - Wash Nationals steal record 8 bases vs Cleve Indians in the 1st inning
24th - Excursion ship Eastland capsizes in Lake Michigan, 852 die
26th - International School for Wijsbegeerte forms
28th - 10,000 blacks march on 5th Ave (NYC) protesting lynchings
28th - US forces invade Haiti, stays until 1924
29th - Pirate Honus Wagner at 41, hits a grand slam HR

Famous Birthdays

Birthdays 1 - 39 of 39

1st - Jean Stafford, US writer (Boston Adventure, Lion & Carpenter)
1st - Viscount Leverhulm, English large landowner (Unilever)
1st - Willie Dixon, Vicksburg Missisipi, blues artist (Walkin' the Blues, Mellow Down Easy)
1st - Joseph Ransohoff, American neurosurgeon (d. 2001)
2nd - 8th duke of Wellington, English large landowner/multi-millionaire
2nd - Bert Decorte, Flemish poet
4th - Christine Lavant, writer
4th - Jimmie Rogers, Detroit Mich, singer (Sugar Hill Time)
5th - John Woodruff, American athlete (d. 2007)
6th - Dorothy Kirsten, Montclair NJ, soprano (Time to Sing, Chevy Show)
6th - Laverne Andrews, Minneapolis MN, singer (Andrews Sisters)
6th - Marcel Quinet, Belgian pianist/composer (Vague et Sillon)
7th - Margaret Walker Alexander, poet/novelist (For My People)
8th - Charles Hard Townes, Greenville SC, physicist (developed lasers)
9th - David Leo Diamond, Rochester NY, composer (Paderewski Prize-1943)
11th - Colin Purdie Kelly, US, 1st US air hero (during WW II)
11th - George Ivan Smith, diplomat
12th - Michael Fenton Haddon, mining engineer
15th - Alexander Durie, vice president (British AA)
15th - Ron Smith, union leader (British Postal Workers)
16th - Barnard Hughes, Bedford Hills NY, (Tron, Where's Poppa, Best Friends)
16th - Baroness Llewelyn-Davies of Hastoe, deputy speaker (House of Lords)
16th - Edward Miller, Master (Fitzwilliam College Cambridge)
17th - Cass Daley, Philadelphia PA, actress (Red Garters)
17th - Dorothy Poynton-Hill, US, platform diver (Olympic-gold-1932)
17th - Esther Williamson Ballou, composer
18th - Anthony Cox, English architect
18th - Isaack Stouten, resistance fighter
21st - Duke of Norfolk
21st - Floyd McDaniel, blues singer/guitarist
21st - Maurice Laing, English contractor/multi-millionaire
22nd - Shaista Suhrawardy Ikramullah, Pakistani politician, diplomat and author. (d. 2000)
24th - Frank Thistlethwaite, vice chancellor (University of East Anglia)
24th - Enrique Fernando, Philippino jurist (d. 2004)
25th - David Napley, solicitor
27th - Jack Iverson, Australian cricket mystery spinner (late 40's)
29th - Bruce R. McConkie, LDS apostle and author (d. 1985)
29th - Francis W. Sargent, 64th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1998)
31st - Robert Steel, academic

Famous Deaths

Deaths 1 - 9 of 9

2nd - Gen Porfirio [Jose de la Cruz] Diaz, president Mexico, dies
10th - Hendrik W Mesdag, painter (Panorama Mesdag), dies
15th - Ludwik Grossman, composer, dies at 80
16th - Ellen White, American co-founder of the Seventh-day Adventist Church (b. 1827)
17th - Francesco Fanciulli, composer, dies on 62nd birthday
18th - George William Louis Marshall-Hall, composer, dies at 53
22nd - Sir Sandford Fleming, Canadian engineer and inventor (b. 1827)
26th - James Murray, philologist, dies
28th - Vilbrun G Sam, rebellion leader/president of Haiti, lynched