Historical Events in April 1915

Apr 5 Jess Willard KOs Jack Johnson in 26 for heavyweight boxing title

Apr 14 A's Herb Pennock is within 1 out of pitching 1st Opening Day no-hitter

Apr 14 Dutch merchant navy ship Katwijk sunk by Germany torpedo

Apr 14 Turkey invades Armenia.

Apr 15 Manuel de Falla's ballet "El Amor Brujo" premieres in Madrid

Apr 15 NY Giant Rube Marquard no-hits Bkln, 2-0

Apr 18 French pilot Roland Garros is shot down and glides to a landing on the German side of the lines during World War I.

Apr 19 19th Boston Marathon won by Canadian Édouard Fabre in 2:31:41.2

Apr 20 The Armenians rise and seize the Turkish town of Van, which they hold until Russians relieve them on 19 May; thousands of Armenians are killed

Apr 22 1st military use of poison gas (chlorine, by Germany) in WW I

Apr 22 NY Yankees don pinstripes & hat-in-the-ring logo for 1st time

Apr 22 The Second Battle of Ypres begins on the Western Front n WW I

Apr 23 ACA becomes National Advisory Council on Aeronautics (NACA)

Apr 24 German army fires chloroform gas in Ypres (Leper)

Apr 24 Massacre of Armenians by Turks starts (Armenian Martyrs Day)

Apr 24 Pitts' Frank Allen no-hits St Louis (Federal League), 2-0

Apr 25 First landings at Gaba Tepe and Cape Helles on the Gallipoli Peninsula by ANZAC forces during WWI

Apr 26 Italy secretly signes Pact of London with Britain, France & Russia