1915
1915 (MCMXC) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar.
| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 19th century – 20th century – 21st century |
| Decades: | 1880s 1890s 1900s – 1910s – 1920s 1930s 1940s |
| Years: | 1912 1913 1914 – 1915 – 1916 1917 1918 |
Events
- January 26 - President Woodrow Wilson says yes to making Rocky Mountain National Park.
- February 8 - The Birth of a Nation is released.
- April 24 – The Armenian genocide begins.
- May 23 - The Italian Campaign of World War I begins.
- November 17 - Morocco starts using its current flag.
Births
January
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- February 1 – Stanley Matthews, English footballer (d. 2000)
February
March
April
- April 21 – Anthony Quinn, Mexican-American actor (d. 2001)
- April 27 – Hovhannes Shiraz, Armenian poet (d. 1984)
May
- May 6 – Orson Welles, American movie director, screenwriter and actor (d. 1985)
June
- June 4 – Modibo Keïta, 1st President of Mali (d. 1977)
- June 28 – David Honeyboy Edwards, American blues guitarist and singer
July
- July 28 - Frankie Yankovic, American polka musician (d. 1998)
August
- August 29 – Ingrid Bergman, Swedish actress (d. 1982)
September
October
- October 24 – Bob Kane, American cartoonist (d. 1998)
November
- November 25 – Augusto Pinochet, Chilean ruler (d. 2006)
December
- December 12 – Frank Sinatra, American singer and actor (d. 1998)
- December 19 – Édith Piaf, French singer (d. 1963)
Deaths
- April 27 – Alexander Scriabin, Russian composer (b. 1872)
- November 14 – Booker T. Washington, American inventor, educator, and writer (b. 1856)