April 1915 calendar

Events

• 05 Apr 1915 Jess Willard defeats Jack Johnson in 26 for heavyweight boxing title.
• 14 Apr 1915 Dutch merchant navy ship Katwijk sunk by Germany torpedo.
• 15 Apr 1915 New York Giants Rube Marquard no-hits Brooklyn, 2-0.
• 19 Apr 1915 19th Boston Marathon won by Edouard Fabre of Canada in 2:31:41.2.
• 22 Apr 1915 New York Yankees don pinstripes and hat-in-the-ring logo for first time.
• 23 Apr 1915 ACA becomes National Advisory Council on Aeronautics (NACA).
• 24 Apr 1915 Massacre of Armenians by Turks starts
• 25 Apr 1915 78,000 ANZAC troops land at Gallipoli.
• 26 Apr 1915 Italy secretly signes Pact of London with Britain, France and Russia.

Famous Birthday

• Billie Holiday

  American blues and jazz singer nicknamed "Lady Day,” whose incomparable voice was the essence of jazz.

• Anthony Quinn

  Mexican-American actor and producer (d. 2001).

• Tadeusz Kantor

  Polish painter, set designer and theater director (d. 1990).

• Paul Touvier

  French Nazi collaborator.

• Harry Morgan

  American actor and director (d. 2011).

• Albert Rémy
• Jean Chevrier
• Jean Sauvagnargues

  Paris 14éme Politician.

• Italo Tajo

  Italian-American opera singer, a bass who specialized in comic roles.

• Paul Bertrand

  French artist, a production designer and art designer.

• Donald Mills

  American entertainer, one of four brothers who set groundbreaking standards with their crooning musical hits.

• Jean-Marie Serreau
• Dorothy Fay

  American actress primarily in Westerns and noted family.

• George Henderson (editor)
• Georges Hugo
• Jean Laviron
• Stephen Roberts

  CEO (British Milk Marketing Board).

• Jacques Grello
• Joannès Ambre

  French lawyer and politician.

• Art Lund

  Salt Lake City, Utah -- Singer (Ken Murray Show).

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Famous Deaths

• Johann Joseph Abert composer

  dies at age 82.

• James Hutton Brew "Pioneer of West African Journalism"

  dies.

• Johannes P Kelly [Kellij] Dutch actor/operetta writer

  dies at age 60.

• Rupert Chawner Brooke English poet (Lithuania)

  dies at age 27.

• Alexander N Skriabin Russian pianist/composer (Prometheus)

  dies at age 43.

• Frederick William Seward

  United States Assistant Secretary of State (Born 1830).

• Rupert Brooke

  British poet who became famous for his sonnets and poems.

• John Bunny

  silent film comedian (Born 1863).

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Top #5 songs in the USA

1. Lambert Murphy - Goodbye, Girls, I'm Through
2. American Quartet - They All Had a Finger in the Pie
3. Walter Van Brunt - My Molancholy Baby
4. James F. Harrison & James Reed - The Little House Upon the Hill
5. Peerless Quartet - Virginia Lee