page_title: April 1915
section_title: April 24, 1915 (Saturday)
hierarchical_section_title: April 1915 / April 24, 1915 (Saturday)
caption_attribution_description: English: Armenian intellectuals jailed and later executed on the night of April 24, 1915: 1st row: Krikor Zohrab, Daniel Varoujan, Rupen Zartarian, Ardashes Harutunian and Siamanto; 2nd row: Ruben Sevak, Dikran Chökürian, Diran Kelekian, Tlgadintsi, and Erukhan.
context_page_description: The following events occurred in April 1915:
context_section_description: The Armenian Genocide began with the deportation of Armenian notables from Constantinople. Among literary deportees who perished in the coming genocide were Dikran Chökürian, Armen Dorian, Melkon Giurdjian, Ardashes Harutiunian, Jacques Sayabalian, Ruben Sevak, Siamanto, Rupen Zartarian and actor Yenovk Shahen. Survivors included Yervant Odian and Alexander Panossian.
  Second Battle of Ypres — German forces launched a poison gas attack on Canadian forces around the village of St. Julien, allowing them to take the village.
  Australian submarine HMAS AE2 sneaked through Dardanelles and sank an Ottoman Navy cruiser at Chanak.
  British ocean liner RMS Lusitania arrived in New York City. Around the same time, the German embassy in Washington D.C. issued a public warning that the waters around Great Britain were now considered a war zone and ships flying a British flag would be considered targets by German U-boats.
  The Black Watch Brigade of the British Army was disbanded.
  The last FA Cup to be held before all future football championships were cancelled due to World War I was played at Old Trafford, Manchester, England before a large ground of over 49,000 spectators. Sheffield defeated Chelsea 3–0 to win the championship.
  Torquay Girls' Grammar School was established in Torquay, Devon, England.
  The musical Betty,  by Frederick Lonsdale and Gladys Buchanan Unger with music by Paul Rubens and lyrics by Adrian Ross,  made its second British run at the Daly's Theatre in London.
  The Society of Midland Authors was established in Chicago to provide a literary association for writers in twelve state in the Midwestern United States. Noted member have included Jane Addams and Carl Sandburg.
  Born: Michael Carver, British army officer, Chief of the Defence Staff from 1973 to 1976, recipient of the Order of the Bath, Order of the British Empire, Military Cross, and Distinguished Service Order, in Bletchingley, England (d. 2001); William Goyen, American writer, author of The House of Breath, in Trinity, Texas (d. 1983)
  Died: Erasmus Darwin, British businessman and soldier, grandson to Charles Darwin, killed during the Second Battle of Ypres (b. 1881)
caption: Some of the Armenian intellectuals detained on April 24. Most would be deported and eventually killed during the Armenian Genocide.
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