Historical Events Happened In 1941

Oct 18   Spy Richard Sorge arrested in Tokyo on this day in history.  

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

Oct 20   In the year 1941 ken Farnes (WWII) 15 Tests for England, cricketer (60 wickets), dies  

Oct 20   Nazi occupiers murder 500 inhabitants of Kragujevac Serbia on this day in history.  

Oct 21   In the year 1941 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   In the year 1941 colin Milburn, cricketer (England bat whose career was cut short)  

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

Oct 25   On this day in history 16,000 Jews massacred in Odessa Ukraine  

Oct 26   2nd meeting partisans Tito & Draza Mihailovic in Yugoslavia in the year 1941.  

Oct 26   US savings bonds go on sale on this day in history.  

Oct 27   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." in the year 1941.  

Oct 27   In the year 1941 chicago Daily Tribune editorialize there will not be war with Japan  

Oct 29   In the year 1941 brian Yuile, cricketer (NZ slow left-armer took 34 wkts in 17 Tests)  

Oct 29   Cole Porters musical "Let's Face It," premieres in NYC in the year 1941.  

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

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

Oct 31   Herwarth Walden, writer, dies at 63 on this day in history.  

Nov 01   Camille Melloy, [the Paepe], Belgian priest/poet (Requiem), dies at 50 in the year 1941.  

Nov 01   Chetniks attacks Tito's partizans in Uzice Yugoslavia on this day in history.  

Nov 02   German troops occupy Rostov in the year 1941.  

Nov 03   In the year 1941 hirohiti's accord on Yamamoto's attack plan on Pearl Harbor fails  

Nov 05   In the year 1941 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   Doug Sahm, San Antonio Texas, country singer (Texas Tornadoes-Dinero) on this day in history.  

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

Nov 06   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 in the year 1941.  

Nov 07   On this day in history albin Zollinger, Swiss poet/author (Das Gewitter), dies at 46  

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   In the year 1941 hitler threatens bishop Clemens earl von Galen of Munster  

Nov 11   Czech premier general Eliasjarrested by nazis in the year 1941.  

Nov 11   Opening of the Australian War Memorial in the year 1941.  

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Jan 03   Shima Iwashita, actress (Red Lion, Hara-Kiri, Double Suicide) was born in the year 1941.  

Jan 03   On this day in history birth of van Dyke Parks, Alabama, actor/musician (Bonino, Billy Crystal Hour)  

Jan 04   In the year 1941 birth of john Bennett Perry, Williamstown Mass, singer/actor (Falcon Crest)  

Jan 04   Maureen Reagan, 1st daughter (Ronald Reagan) was born in the year 1941.  

Jan 05   Bob Cunis, cricketer (New Zealand pace bowler of the late 60's) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 05   On this day in history 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   Mischa Levitzki, composer, dies at 42 on this day in history.  

Jan 04   In the year 1941 henri Bergson, French philosopher (Le Rire, Nobel 1928), dies at 81  

Jan 05   Amy Johnson, English aviator (b. 1903) died in the year 1941.  

Jan 06   On this day in history franz Hessel, writer, dies at 60  

Jan 08   Robert Baden-Powell, founder (Boy Scout movement), dies at 83 in the year 1941.  

Jan 09   Ko Boezeman, Dutch resistance fighter, dies in the year 1941.  

Jan 10   Frank Bridge, English violinist/composer (Sea), dies at 61 in the year 1941.  

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