Today in History for March 1915

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Historical Events

Events 1 - 20 of 20

2nd - British vice adm Carden begins bombing of Dardanelles forts
2nd - Vladmir Jabotinsky forms a Jewish military force to fight in Palestine
3rd - Natl Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NASA forerunner) created
3rd - NACA, the predecessor of NASA founded.
5th - World War I: The LZ 33, a zeppelin, is damaged by enemy fire and stranded south of Ostend.
6th - Greek King Constantine I fires premier Venizelos
8th - 1st US navy minelayer, Baltimore, commissioned
10th - British expedition Army in Belgium captures Neuve Chapelle
13th - Dodgers manager Wilbert Robinson tries to catch a baseball dropped from an airplane, but the pilot substituted a grapefruit
14th - German cruiser Dresden blows itself up near coast of Chile
15th - Neth merchant ship Tubantia torpedoed & sinks in North Sea
16th - Brit battle cruisers Inflexible & Irresistible hit mines in Dardanelle
16th - Federal Trade Commission organizes
18th - Failed British attack in Dardanelles
18th - French battleship Bouvet explodes, 640 killed
19th - Pluto photographed for 1st time (although unknown at the time)
23rd - Zion Mule Corp forms
25th - 1st submarine disaster; a US F-4 sank off Hawaii, killing 21
25th - German U boat torpedoes Neth merchant ship Medea
26th - Stanley Cup: Vancouver Millionaires (PCHA) sweep Ottawa Senators

Famous Birthdays

Birthdays 1 - 46 of 46

2nd - Lona Andre, actress (Case of Baby Sitter)
3rd - George Brian Snape, businessman/rugby league entrepreneur
4th - Carlos Surinach, Barcelona Spain, composer (Monte Carlo) [OS]
4th - Eunice Catunda, composer
4th - Petrus de Jong, Dutch premier (KVP, 1967-71)
5th - Laurent Schwartz, French mathematician (d. 2002)
6th - Syedna Mohammed Burhanuddin, 52nd Da'i al Mutlaq of the Dawoodi Bohras
7th - Jacques Chaban-Delmas, French politician
8th - Vivien John, artist
8th - Tapio Rautavaara, Finnish athlete, actor, and singer (d. 1979)
9th - Pete Gray, one-armed outfielder (St Louis Browns)
10th - Harry Bertoia, Italian artist (d. 1978)
10th - Sir Charles Groves, English conductor(d. 1992)
11th - Karl Krolow, writer
11th - Vijay Hazare, cricketer (prolific Indian batsman 1946-54)
11th - J. C. R. Licklider, American computer scientist and Internet pioneer (d. 1990)
12th - Alberto Burri, Italian physician/sculptor/abstract painter
14th - Alexander Brott, composer
14th - Carlos Surinach, Barcelona Spain, composer (Monte Carlo) [NS]
14th - Kenneth Rowntree, painter
15th - David Schoenbrun, CBS broadcast bureau head (Wash, Paris)
15th - Richard Ward, Glenside Pa, actor (Beacon Hill)
15th - Joe E. Ross, American actor and comedian (d. 1982)
17th - Hans Namuth, German/US photographer (Todos Santos, Guatemala)
17th - William Roycroft, Austria, equestrian 3 day (Olympic-bronze-1976)
17th - Henry Bumstead, American art director (d. 2006)
18th - Richard Thomas Condon, author
19th - Norman Yardley, English cricket captain (late 40's)
19th - Robert G. Cole, American Paratrooper of the 101st, 502nd division (d. 1944)
20th - Sviatosiav Richter, Zhitomir Ukraine, pianist (Stalin Prize-1945)
20th - Rudolf Kirchschläger, President of Austria (d. 2000)
22nd - Forest Sagendorf, cartoonist
22nd - George Cresswell, cricketer (3 Tests for NZ aged 35)
22nd - Georgiy Zhzhonov, Russian actor and writer (d. 2005)
23rd - Francis Berry, poet/Shakespearean scholar
23rd - Vasily Zaitsev, Soviet World War II hero (d. 1991)
24th - Gorgeous George, American professional wrestler (d. 1963)
27th - Richard Sharp, civil servant
27th - Selma Rubin, Toledo, Ohio, environmental activist (Earth Day co-founder), (d. 2012)
28th - Jay Livingston, composer (Buttons & Bows, Mona Lisa, Tammy)
28th - Raymond Emery, cricketer (NZ Test batsman vs West Indies 1952)
29th - George Chisholm, Scottish jazz trombonist
31st - Eliseo Morales Pajaro, composer
31st - Henry Morgan, NYC, comedian/TV panelist (I've Got a Secret, Arena)
31st - Jack Perry, businessman
31st - Shoichi Yokoi, Japanese military man (d. 1997)

Famous Deaths

Deaths 1 - 7 of 7

4th - William Willett, inventor of Daylight Saving Time (b. 1856)
11th - Thomas Alexander Browne, Australian writer (b. 1826)
13th - Sergei J Witte, Dutch count/premier of Russia, dies at 65
17th - Walter Crane, English painter/cartoonist/illustrator, dies at 69
21st - Frederick Winslow Taylor, American inventor (b. 1856)
24th - Karol Olszewski, Polish scientist (b. 1846)
31st - Wyndham Halswelle, Scottish athlete (b. 1882)