What Happened In October 1915 In History

Historical Events for October, 1915

• 5th » Bulgaria enters World War I as one of the Central Powers.
• 12th » World War I: United Kingdom British nurse Edith Cavell is executed by a Germany German firing squad for helping Allies of World War I Allied soldiers escape from Belgium
• 13th » The Battle for the Hohenzollern Redoubt marks the end of the Battle of Loos in northern France, World War I.
• 14th » World War I: The Kingdom of Bulgaria joins the Central Powers.
• 28th » Richard Strauss conducts the first performance of his tone poem 'Eine Alpensinfonie' in Berlin.

Famous Birthdays on October in 1915

• 1st » Jerome Bruner, American psychologist and author
• 2nd » Chubby Wise, American fiddler (d. 1996)
• 2nd » Chuck Williams (author) or Chuck Williams, American author and businessman, founded Williams-Sonoma
• 3rd » Ray Stark, American film producer (d. 2004)
• 6th » Carolyn Goodman (psychologist) known as Carolyn Goodman, American psychologist and activist (d. 2007)
• 6th » Alice Timander, Swedish dentist and actress (d. 2007)
• 9th » Clifford M. Hardin, American academic and politician, 17th United States Secretary of Agriculture (d. 2010)
• 9th » Belva Plain, American author (d. 2010)
• 10th » Harry Edison, American trumpet player (Count Basie Orchestra) (d. 1999)
• 11th » T. Llew Jones, Welsh author (d. 2009)
• 13th » Terry Frost, English painter (d. 2003)
• 13th » Cornel Wilde, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1989)
• 14th » Loris Francesco Capovilla, Italian archbishop
• 15th » Yitzhak Shamir, Belarusian-Israeli politician, 7th Prime Minister of Israel (d. 2012)
• 17th » Arthur Miller, American playwright (d. 2005)
• 18th » Victor Sen Yung, American actor (d. 1980)
• 19th » Farid al-Atrash, Syrian-Egyptian singer-songwriter, oud player, and actor (d. 1974)
• 24th » Bob Kane, American author and illustrator (d. 1998)
• 24th » Marghanita Laski, English journalist and author (d. 1988)
• 24th » Roger Milliken, American businessman (d. 2010)
• 25th » Ivan M. Niven, Canadian-American mathematician (d. 1999)
• 26th » Joe Fry, English race car driver (d. 1950)
• 27th » Harry Saltzman, Canadian-French production manager and producer (d. 1994)
• 29th » William Berenberg, American physician and academic (d. 2005)
• 30th » Léon-Joseph Chavalliaud, French sculptor (d. 1923)
• 30th » Fred W. Friendly, American journalist (d. 1998)
• 30th » Jane Randolph, American-Swiss actress and singer (d. 2009)
• 31st » Jane Jarvis, American pianist and composer (d. 2010)

Famous Deaths for October 1915

• 12th » Edith Cavell, English nurse (b. 1865)
• 23rd » W. G. Grace, English cricketer (b. 1848)
• 24th » Désiré Charnay, French archaeologist (b. 1828)
• 30th » Charles Tupper, Canadian physician, lawyer, and politician, 6th Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1821)

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