January 13, 1915 – An earthquake in Avezzano, Italy kills 29,800.

January 21, 1915 – Kiwanis International is founded in Detroit, Michigan.

January 22, 1915 – Over 600 people are killed in Guadalajara, Mexico, when a train plunges off the tracks into a deep canyon.

February 14, 1915 – New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Wood Rabbit in Chinese astrology.

February 22, 1915 – World War I: Germany institutes unrestricted submarine warfare.

March 14, 1915 – World War I: Cornered off the coast of Chile by the Royal Navy after fleeing the Battle of the Falkland Islands, the German light cruiser SMS Dresden is abandoned and scuttled by her crew.

April 18, 1915 – French pilot Roland Garros is shot down and glides to a landing on the German side of the lines during World War I.

May 23, 1915 – World War I: Italy joins the Allies after they declare war on Austria-Hungary.

July 7, 1915 – An International Railway trolley with an extreme overload of 157 passengers crashes near Queenston, Ontario, killing 15.

October 13, 1915 – The Battle for the Hohenzollern Redoubt marks the end of the Battle of Loos in northern France, World War I.

February 2, 1915 – Stan Leonard, Canadian professional golfer (d. 2005)

March 17, 1915 – Henry Bumstead, American art director (d. 2006)

April 9, 1915 – Daniel Johnson, Sr., Canadian politician (d. 1968)

May 27, 1915 – Herman Wouk, American writer

June 17, 1915 – Karl Targownik, Hungarian psychiatrist (d. 1996)

July 28, 1915 – Charles Townes, American physicist, Nobel laureate

August 30, 1915 – Robert Strassburg, American composer (d. 2003)

October 26, 1915 – Joe Fry, British racing driver (d. 1950)

November 9, 1915 – Sargent Shriver, American politician (d. 2011)