1915

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1915 (MCMXV) was a common year starting on Friday in the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Thursday in the Julian calendar.

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.

January

Stanley Matthews

• February 1 – Stanley Matthews, English footballer (d. 2000)

April

Anthony Quinn

• April 21 – Anthony Quinn, Mexican-American actor (d. 2001)
• April 27 – Hovhannes Shiraz, Armenian poet (d. 1984)

May

Orson Welles

• May 6 – Orson Welles, American movie director, screenwriter and actor (d. 1985)

June

Modibo Keïta

• 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

Ingrid Bergman

• August 29 – Ingrid Bergman, Swedish actress (d. 1982)

September

Franz Josef Strauß

• September 6 – Franz Josef Strauß, German politician (d. 1988)

October

• October 24 – Bob Kane, American cartoonist (d. 1998)

November

Augusto Pinochet

• November 25 – Augusto Pinochet, Chilean ruler (d. 2006)

December

Frank Sinatra

Édith Piaf

• 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)