Historical Events In 1941

Jun 30   In the year 1941 hMAS Waterhen sunk on Tobruk run   

Jul 01   Bulova Watch Co. pays $9 for first ever network TV commercial on this day in history.   

Jul 01   TV licenses granted-W2XBS-WNBT (NBC) & WCBW (CBS), NYC in the year 1941.   

Jul 02   DiMaggio breaks Willie Keeler's 44 game hitting streak (45th of 56) in the year 1941.   

Jul 02   In the year 1941 mohammad Baqa Jilani, cricketer (Test for India), dies at 29   

Jul 04   Howard Florey & Norman Heatley meet for the first time, 11 days later they successfully recreate pencillin in the year 1941.   

Jul 05   On this day in history german occupiers disband political parties   

Jul 05   Oskar Fried, composer, dies at 69 on this day in history.   

Jul 06   NY Yankees unveil a monument to Lou Gehrig in centerfield on this day in history.   

Jul 06   On this day in history nY Yankees unviel a monument to Lou Gehrig in centerfield   

Jul 07   Einsatzkommando 3 begins the systematic slaughter of Lithuanian Jewry on this day in history.   

Jul 07   On this day in history nazis executed 5,000 Jews in Kovono Lithuania   

Jul 07   Sgt. James Allen Ward, 75 (NZ) Squadron, RAF, won the Victoria Cross over the Zuider See on this day in history.   

Jul 07   U.S. Forces Occupy Iceland During World War II, the neutral United States moved closer to war with Germany when U.S. forces landed on Iceland to take over its garrisoning from the British on this day in history.   

Jul 07   On this day in history united States armed forces arrive in Iceland   

Jul 08   9th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 7-5 at Briggs Stadium, Detroit on this day in history.   

Jul 08   Philippe Gaubert, composer, dies at 62 on this day in history.   

Jul 10   In the year 1941 ferdinand "Jelly Roll" Morton pioneer jazz pianist, dies at 56 in LA   

Jul 10   Ferdinand "Jelly Roll" Morton, pioneer jazz pianist, dies in LA at 56 on this day in history.   

Jul 10   Jedwabne Pogrom is a massacre of Jewish people living in and near the village of Jedwabne in Poland on this day in history.   

Jul 11   German troops attack Dnjepr in the year 1941.   

Jul 12   In the year 1941 joseph Whipp, American actor   

Jul 12   On this day in history military treaty is signed between U.S.S.R. and Britain.   

Jul 13   24th PGA Championship: Vic Ghezzi at Cherry Hills CC Denver in the year 1941.   

Jul 13   On this day in history graeme Corling, Australian cricket fast bowler (1964 England tour)   

Jul 14   On this day in history 6,000 Lithuanian Jews are exterminated at Viszalsyan Camp   

Jul 15   On this day in history florey & Heatley present freeze dried mold cultures (Pencillin)   

Jul 15   In the year 1941 florey & Heatley present freeze dried mold cultures (Penicillin)   

Jul 16   100ø F (38ø C) highest temperature ever recorded in Seattle Wash in the year 1941.   

Jul 16   On this day in history 100°F (38°C) highest temperature ever recorded in Seattle Wash   

Jul 17   In the year 1941 bob Taylor, cricketer wicket-keeper (too often in Knotty's shadow)   

Jul 17   NY Yankee Joe DiMaggio's 56-game hitting streak ends in Cleveland in the year 1941.   

Jul 18   In the year 1941 dionyssios Lavrangas, composer, dies at 80   

Jul 18   In the year 1941 sS drowns 40 Jews in Dvina River, Belorussia   

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Jan 03   In the year 1941 birth of shima Iwashita, actress (Red Lion, Hara-Kiri, Double Suicide)   

Jan 03   In the year 1941 birth of van Dyke Parks, Alabama, actor/musician (Bonino, Billy Crystal Hour)   

Jan 04   John Bennett Perry, Williamstown Mass, singer/actor (Falcon Crest) was born in the year 1941.   

Jan 04   Maureen Reagan, 1st daughter (Ronald Reagan) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 05   On this day in history birth of bob Cunis, cricketer (New Zealand pace bowler of the late 60's)   

Jan 05   In the year 1941 birth of grady Thomas, US rock vocalist (Parliaments, Funkadelic, Maggot Brain)   

Jan 05   In the year 1941 birth of mansur Ali Khan, cricketer (Nawab of Pataudi, Indian batsman & capt)   

Jan 05   On this day in history birth of hayao Miyazaki, Japanese film maker   

Jan 02   In the year 1941 mischa Levitzki, composer, dies at 42   

Jan 04   Henri Bergson, French philosopher (Le Rire, Nobel 1928), dies at 81 on this day in history.   

Jan 05   Amy Johnson, English aviator (b. 1903) died on this day in history.   

Jan 06   In the year 1941 franz Hessel, writer, dies at 60   

Jan 08   In the year 1941 robert Baden-Powell, founder (Boy Scout movement), dies at 83   

Jan 09   On this day in history ko Boezeman, Dutch resistance fighter, dies   

Jan 10   In the year 1941 frank Bridge, English violinist/composer (Sea), dies at 61   

Jan 11   On this day in history death of emanuel Lasker, German chess player (b. 1868)