Historical Events In 1941

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

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

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) on this day in history.  

Jul 02   Mohammad Baqa Jilani, cricketer (Test for India), dies at 29 in the year 1941.  

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

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

Jul 05   In the year 1941 oskar Fried, composer, dies at 69  

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

Jul 06   NY Yankees unviel a monument to Lou Gehrig in centerfield in the year 1941.  

Jul 07   Einsatzkommando 3 begins the systematic slaughter of Lithuanian Jewry in the year 1941.  

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 in the year 1941.  

Jul 07   On this day in history 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   In the year 1941 united States armed forces arrive in Iceland  

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

Jul 08   Philippe Gaubert, composer, dies at 62 in the year 1941.  

Jul 10   On this day in history 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 in the year 1941.  

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   On this day in history german troops attack Dnjepr  

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   In the year 1941 24th PGA Championship: Vic Ghezzi at Cherry Hills CC Denver  

Jul 13   Graeme Corling, Australian cricket fast bowler (1964 England tour) in the year 1941.  

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   Florey & Heatley present freeze dried mold cultures (Penicillin) on this day in history.  

Jul 16   In the year 1941 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   In the year 1941 nY Yankee Joe DiMaggio's 56-game hitting streak ends in Cleveland  

Jul 18   On this day in history dionyssios Lavrangas, composer, dies at 80  

Jul 18   SS drowns 40 Jews in Dvina River, Belorussia in the year 1941.  

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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   In the year 1941 birth of maureen Reagan, 1st daughter (Ronald Reagan)  

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   On this day in history birth of mansur Ali Khan, cricketer (Nawab of Pataudi, Indian batsman & capt)  

Jan 05   Hayao Miyazaki, Japanese film maker was born in the year 1941.  

Jan 02   Mischa Levitzki, composer, dies at 42 in the year 1941.  

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

Jan 05   On this day in history death of amy Johnson, English aviator (b. 1903)  

Jan 06   Franz Hessel, writer, dies at 60 on this day in history.  

Jan 08   On this day in history 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   Frank Bridge, English violinist/composer (Sea), dies at 61 in the year 1941.  

Jan 11   Emanuel Lasker, German chess player (b. 1868) died in the year 1941.