The Ottoman Empire began the murder of 2,345 Armenian intellectuals held at Çankırı and Ayaş. Victims included;
Dikran Chökürian, writer and editor
Armen Dorian, poet
Parunak Ferukhan, musician
Melkon Giurdjian, writer and academic
Ardashes Harutiunian, poet and literary critic
Diran Kelekian, academic
Karekin Khajag, journalist
Garabed Pashayan Khan, physician
Shavarsh Krissian, athlete and sports journalist
Levon Larents, novelist
Kegham Parseghian, journalist
Smpad Piurad, writer and activist
Jacques Sayabalian, writer
Vartkes Serengülian, politician
Ruben Sevak, poet
Parsegh Shahbaz, lawyer and politician
Harutiun Shahrigian, politician
Siamanto, Armenian poet
Hagop Terzian, chemist and historian
Haig Tiriakian, politician
Krikor Torosian, writer
Daniel Varoujan, poet
It's worth noting that repressive regimes always go after the intellectuals.
There's utterly no excusing the Ottoman genocide, and yet Turkey continues to basically deny it.
Cpt. Alfred John Shout, an Australian Army officer of New Zealand birth, performed the actions that caused him to be awarded a posthumous Victoria's Cross:
His Majesty The KING has been pleased to award the Victoria Cross to the undermentioned Officers, Non-Commissioned Officers and Men: —
Captain Alfred John Shout, 1st Battalion, Australian Imperial Force.
For most conspicuous bravery at Lone Pine trenches, in the Gallipoli Peninsula.
On the morning of the 9th August, 1915, with a very small party Captain Shout charged down trenches strongly occupied by the enemy, and personally threw four bombs among them, killing eight and routing the remainder.
In the afternoon of the same day, from the position gained in the morning, he captured a further length of trench under similar conditions, and continued personally to bomb the enemy at close range under very heavy fire until he was severely wounded, losing his right hand and left eye.
This most gallant officer has since succumbed to his injuries.
A weather station in San Juan, Puerto Rico recorded a 29.60 inHg (1,002 mb) pressure reading and winds speeds up to 60 mph (97 km/h) as the eye of the 1915 Galveston Hurricane passed south of the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico.
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