Historical Events For 1941

Oct 18   Spy Richard Sorge arrested in Tokyo in the year 1941.  

Oct 19   1st woman jockey in North America, Anna Lee Wiley in Mexico in the year 1941.  

Oct 20   On this day in history ken Farnes (WWII) 15 Tests for England, cricketer (60 wickets), dies  

Oct 20   In the year 1941 nazi occupiers murder 500 inhabitants of Kragujevac Serbia  

Oct 21   On this day in history marina Ripa, Rome Italy, countess/writer (My First 40 Years)  

Oct 22   In the year 1941 maxwell Anderson's "Candle in the Wind," premieres in NYC  

Oct 23   On this day in history colin Milburn, cricketer (England bat whose career was cut short)  

Oct 23   In the year 1941 walt Disney's "Dumbo" released  

Oct 25   In the year 1941 16,000 Jews massacred in Odessa Ukraine  

Oct 26   On this day in history 2nd meeting partisans Tito & Draza Mihailovic in Yugoslavia  

Oct 26   On this day in history uS savings bonds go on sale  

Oct 27   In the year 1941 an editorial in the Chicago Daily Tribune downplays the possibility of a US war with Japan, stating "Even our base at Hawaii is beyond the effective power of her fleet."  

Oct 27   Chicago Daily Tribune editorialize there will not be war with Japan in the year 1941.  

Oct 29   Brian Yuile, cricketer (NZ slow left-armer took 34 wkts in 17 Tests) on this day in history.  

Oct 29   Cole Porters musical "Let's Face It," premieres in NYC on this day in history.  

Oct 30   USS Reuben James torpedoed by Germans, even though US is not in war in the year 1941.  

Oct 31   On this day in history 13 U boats sunk this month (62,000 ton)  

Oct 31   Herwarth Walden, writer, dies at 63 in the year 1941.  

Nov 01   Camille Melloy, [the Paepe], Belgian priest/poet (Requiem), dies at 50 on this day in history.  

Nov 01   In the year 1941 chetniks attacks Tito's partizans in Uzice Yugoslavia  

Nov 02   German troops occupy Rostov on this day in history.  

Nov 03   Hirohiti's accord on Yamamoto's attack plan on Pearl Harbor fails on this day in history.  

Nov 05   On this day in history japanese marine staff officiers Suzuki/Maejima leave Pearl Harbor  

Nov 05   The birth of Art Garfunkel, American Singer on this day in history.  

Nov 06   In the year 1941 doug Sahm, San Antonio Texas, country singer (Texas Tornadoes-Dinero)  

Nov 06   Einsatz group kills 15,000 Jews of Rovno Ukraine on this day in history.  

Nov 06   In the year 1941 on Neutrality Patrol, USS Omaha (CL-4) and USS Somers (DD-381) intercept the German blockade runner Odenwald disguised as U.S. freighter, board her after the German crew abandoned the ship, and brought the ship to San Juan, Puerto Rico, where the boarding party was awarded salvage shares.  

Nov 07   Albin Zollinger, Swiss poet/author (Das Gewitter), dies at 46 on this day in history.  

Nov 07   In the year 1941 british air attack on Berlin, Mannheim & Ruhrgebied  

Nov 08   Gaetano Mosca, Italian sociologist (Elite Circle), dies at 83 in the year 1941.  

Nov 08   The Albanian Communist Party is founded in the year 1941.  

Nov 09   On this day in history hitler threatens bishop Clemens earl von Galen of Munster  

Nov 11   Czech premier general Eliasjarrested by nazis on this day in history.  

Nov 11   In the year 1941 opening of the Australian War Memorial  

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Jan 03   Shima Iwashita, actress (Red Lion, Hara-Kiri, Double Suicide) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 03   Van Dyke Parks, Alabama, actor/musician (Bonino, Billy Crystal Hour) was born in the year 1941.  

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

Jan 04   On this day in history birth of maureen Reagan, 1st daughter (Ronald Reagan)  

Jan 05   Bob Cunis, cricketer (New Zealand pace bowler of the late 60's) was born in the year 1941.  

Jan 05   Grady Thomas, US rock vocalist (Parliaments, Funkadelic, Maggot Brain) was born in the year 1941.  

Jan 05   Mansur Ali Khan, cricketer (Nawab of Pataudi, Indian batsman & capt) was born in the year 1941.  

Jan 05   In the year 1941 birth of hayao Miyazaki, Japanese film maker  

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

Jan 04   On this day in history henri Bergson, French philosopher (Le Rire, Nobel 1928), dies at 81  

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   Ko Boezeman, Dutch resistance fighter, dies in the year 1941.  

Jan 10   On this day in history frank Bridge, English violinist/composer (Sea), dies at 61  

Jan 11   Emanuel Lasker, German chess player (b. 1868) died on this day in history.