What Happened In February 1915 In History

Historical Events for February, 1915

• 19th » World War I: The Naval operations in the Dardanelles Campaign named first naval attack on the Dardanelles begins when a strong Anglo-French task force bombards Ottoman artillery along the coast of Gallipoli.
• 22nd » World War I: Germany institutes unrestricted submarine warfare.

Famous Birthdays on February in 1915

• 1st » Stanley Matthews, English footballer (d. 2000)
• 1st » Alicia Rhett, American actress and painter (d. 2014)
• 2nd » Abba Eban, South African-Israeli politician and diplomat, 1st Permanent Representative of Israel to the United Nations known as Israel Ambassador to the United Nations (d. 2002)
• 2nd » Stan Leonard, Canadian golfer (d. 2005)
• 2nd » Khushwant Singh, Indian journalist and author (d. 2014)
• 3rd » Johannes Kotkas, Estonian wrestler (d. 1998)
• 4th » Ray Evans, American songwriter (d. 2007)
• 4th » William Talman (actor) named William Talman, American actor (d. 1968)
• 4th » Norman Wisdom, English singer-songwriter and actor (d. 2010)
• 5th » Robert Hofstadter, American physicist, Nobel Prize in Physics e.g Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1990)
• 6th » Kavi Pradeep, Indian poet and songwriter (d. 1998)
• 7th » Teoctist Arăpașu, Romanian patriarch (d. 2007)
• 7th » Eddie Bracken, American actor (d. 2002)
• 8th » Georges Guétary, Egyptian-French singer, dancer, and actor (d. 1997)
• 9th » Lennard Pearce, English actor (d. 1984)
• 11th » Patrick Leigh Fermor, English author (d. 2011)
• 11th » Pat Welsh (actress) e.g Pat Welsh, American actress (d. 1995)
• 12th » Andrew Goodpaster, American general (d. 2005)
• 12th » Lorne Greene, Canadian actor (d. 1987)
• 13th » Lyle Bettger, American actor (d. 2003)
• 13th » Aung San, Burmese general and politician (d. 1947)
• 16th » Elisabeth Eybers, South African poet (d. 2007)
• 16th » Michael Relph, English director and producer (d. 2004)
• 18th » Phyllis Calvert, English actress (d. 2002)
• 19th » John Freeman (British politician) known as John Freeman, English journalist, politician, and diplomat, List of Ambassadors of the United Kingdom to the United States called British Ambassador to the United States
• 21st » Ann Sheridan, American actress (d. 1967)
• 23rd » Jon Hall (actor) called Jon Hall, American actor (d. 1979)
• 23rd » Paul Tibbets, American general and pilot (d. 2007)
• 27th » Olavi Virta, Finnish singer (d. 1972)
• 27th » Denis Whitaker, Canadian general, football player, and businessman (d. 2001)
• 28th » Ketti Frings, American author, playwright, and screenwriter (d. 1981)
• 28th » Peter Medawar, Brazilian-English biologist, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine called Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1987)
• 28th » Zero Mostel, American actor (d. 1977)

Famous Deaths for February 1915

• 5th » Ross Barnes, American baseball player (b. 1850)
• 8th » François Langelier, Canadian journalist, lawyer, and politician, 10th Lieutenant Governor of Quebec (b. 1838)
• 12th » Émile Waldteufel, French pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1837)
• 19th » Gopal Krishna Gokhale, Indian politician (b. 1866)
• 25th » Charles Edwin Bessey, American botanist (b. 1845)

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