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1915 Oct, 24

Marghanita Laski

Marghanita Laski, English journalist and author (d. 1988)
Marghanita Laski (24 October 1915 – 6 February 1988) was an English journalist, radio panellist and novelist. She also wrote literary biography, plays and short stories, and contributed about 250,000 additions to the Oxford English Dictionary.

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Events on 1915

  • 12 Jan

    Women's suffrage

    The United States House of Representatives rejects a proposal to require states to give women the right to vote.
  • 28 Jan

    United States Coast Guard

    An act of the U.S. Congress creates the United States Coast Guard as a branch of the United States Armed Forces.
  • 18 Mar

    Battle of Gallipoli

    World War I: During the Battle of Gallipoli, three battleships are sunk during a failed British and French naval attack on the Dardanelles.
  • 20 Mar

    General relativity

    Albert Einstein publishes his general theory of relativity.
  • 17 May

    Herbert Henry Asquith

    The last British Liberal Party government (led by Herbert Henry Asquith) falls.