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1915 Calendar Trivia

The next time you can reuse this calendar will be on year 2027. Both calendars will be exactly the same! This is assuming you are not interested in the dates for Easter and other irregular holidays that are based on a solar cycle.

April 4 (4/4), June 6 (6/6), August 8 (8/8), October 10 (10/10), December 12 (12/12), and the last day of February always fall on the same day of the week in any given year. This is called the ‘Doomsday rule’. Check these dates using the full 12-month calendar below to verify.

1915 Calendar

Historical Events Of 1915

• January 13, 1915 – An earthquake in Avezzano, Italy kills 29,800.
• February 14, 1915 – New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Wood Rabbit in Chinese astrology.
• April 25, 1915 – World War I: The Battle of Gallipoli begins: The invasion of the Turkish Gallipoli Peninsula by Australian, British, French and New Zealand troops begins with landings at Anzac Cove and Cape Helles.
• May 1, 1915 – The RMS Lusitania departs from New York City on her two hundred and second, and final, crossing of the North Atlantic. Six days later, the ship is torpedoed off the coast of Ireland with the loss of 1,198 lives.
• May 24, 1915 – World War I: Italy declares war on Austria-Hungary, joining the conflict on the side of the Allies.
• July 5, 1915 – The Liberty Bell leaves Philadelphia by special train on its way to the Panama–Pacific International Exposition. This is the last trip outside Philadelphia that the custodians of the bell intend to permit.
• July 7, 1915 – Militia officer Henry Pedris executed by firing squad at Colombo, Ceylon - an act widely regarded as a miscarriage of justice by the British colonial authorities.
• July 28, 1915 – The United States of America begins a 20-year occupation of Haiti.
• October 13, 1915 – The Battle of the Hohenzollern Redoubt marks the end of the Battle of Loos in northern France, World War I.
• October 14, 1915 – World War I: The Kingdom of Bulgaria joins the Central Powers.

Who Were Born On 1915?

• January 9, 1915 – Fernando Lamas, Argentinian-American actor, singer, and director (d. 1982)
• January 23, 1915 – Herma Bauma, Austrian javelin thrower and handball player (d. 2003)
• March 31, 1915 – Shoichi Yokoi, Japanese sergeant (d. 1997)
• April 18, 1915 – Joy Davidman, American poet and author (d. 1960)
• May 26, 1915 – Sam Edwards, American actor (d. 2004)
• May 28, 1915 – Joseph Greenberg, American linguist and academic (d. 2001)
• July 29, 1915 – Francis W. Sargent, American soldier and politician, 64th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1998)
• September 3, 1915 – Knut Nystedt, Norwegian organist and composer (d. 2014)
• October 6, 1915 – Humberto Sousa Medeiros, Portuguese-American cardinal (d. 1983)
• November 14, 1915 – Martha Tilton, American singer and actress (d. 2006)