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Leaders of the Armenian community in the Ottoman capital of Constantinople (now Istanbul), and later other locations, were arrested and moved to two holding centers near Angora (now Ankara). The order to do so was given by Minister of the Interior Talaat Pasha on 24 April 1915. On that night, the first wave of 235 to 270 Armenian intellectuals ...
The 100th anniversary of the Armenian genocide (Armenian: Հայոց ցեղասպանության 100-րդ տարելից) was commemorated on 24 April 2015. 24 April 1915 is considered the beginning of the Armenian genocide, and is commonly known as Red Sunday, which saw the deportation and execution of many Armenian intellectuals.
Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day (Armenian: Մեծ Եղեռնի զոհերի հիշատակի օր Mets Yegherrni zoheri hishataki or) or Armenian Genocide Memorial Day [5] is a public holiday in Armenia and is observed by the Armenian diaspora on 24 April. [5] [6] It is held annually to commemorate the victims of the Armenian genocide of 1915.
Estimates of the number of Armenians who perished vary widely, with historians offering a range of about 700,000 to 1.2 million.
The Armenian genocide [a] was the systematic destruction of the Armenian people and identity in the Ottoman Empire during World War I.Spearheaded by the ruling Committee of Union and Progress (CUP), it was implemented primarily through the mass murder of around one million Armenians during death marches to the Syrian Desert and the forced Islamization of others, primarily women and children.
1915 March: Zeitun Resistance; 1915 April 24: Hundreds of Armenian intellectuals deported from Constantinople into central Anatolia. 1915 April–May: Defense of Van (1915) 1915 May 27: Tehcir Law. The mass deportation of Ottoman Empire's Armenian population begins. 1915 June: Shabin-Karahisar uprising, Musa Dagh Resistance
On March 25, 1915 Armenian deserters in the city of Zeitun, once more resisted the Ottoman army but were defeated. [14] In April / May, 1915 around 30,000 Armenians in the city of Van, joined by Armenian refugees from surrounding villages, defended themselves during the Defense of Van. While the city withhold the efforts of the ottoman Army ...
Mort Weisinger, American comic book editor, co-creator of the Aquaman, Green Arrow, and Johnny Quick; as Mortimer Weisinger, in New York City, United States (d. 1978) [citation needed] Died: Frederick W. Seward, 84, American politician, 6th and 11th United States Assistant Secretary of State, son of William H. Seward (b. 1830) [citation needed]