Historical Events In 1941

Jun 30   HMAS Waterhen sunk on Tobruk run in the year 1941.  

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 on this day in history.  

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

Jul 02   Mohammad Baqa Jilani, cricketer (Test for India), dies at 29 on this day in history.  

Jul 04   On this day in history howard Florey & Norman Heatley meet for the first time, 11 days later they successfully recreate pencillin  

Jul 05   In the year 1941 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 in the year 1941.  

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

Jul 07   In the year 1941 einsatzkommando 3 begins the systematic slaughter of Lithuanian Jewry.  

Jul 07   In the year 1941 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   In the year 1941 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  

Jul 07   United States armed forces arrive in Iceland in the year 1941.  

Jul 08   In the year 1941 9th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 7-5 at Briggs Stadium, Detroit  

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

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

Jul 10   On this day in history ferdinand "Jelly Roll" Morton, pioneer jazz pianist, dies in LA at 56  

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 on this day in history.  

Jul 12   On this day in history joseph Whipp, American actor  

Jul 12   Military treaty is signed between U.S.S.R. and Britain in the year 1941.  

Jul 13   On this day in history 24th PGA Championship: Vic Ghezzi at Cherry Hills CC Denver  

Jul 13   In the year 1941 graeme Corling, Australian cricket fast bowler (1964 England tour)  

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

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

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

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   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 on this day in history.  

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   Hayao Miyazaki, Japanese film maker was born on this day in history.  

Jan 02   Mischa Levitzki, composer, dies at 42 on this day in history.  

Jan 04   Henri Bergson, French philosopher (Le Rire, Nobel 1928), dies at 81 in the year 1941.  

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   In the year 1941 ko Boezeman, Dutch resistance fighter, dies  

Jan 10   Frank Bridge, English violinist/composer (Sea), dies at 61 on this day in history.  

Jan 11   In the year 1941 death of emanuel Lasker, German chess player (b. 1868)