Historical Events In 1941

Jun 30   HMAS Waterhen sunk on Tobruk run on this day in history.  

Jul 01   Bulova Watch Co. pays $9 for first ever network TV commercial in the year 1941.  

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

Jul 02   On this day in history diMaggio breaks Willie Keeler's 44 game hitting streak (45th of 56)  

Jul 02   On this day in history 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   German occupiers disband political parties on this day in history.  

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

Jul 06   In the year 1941 nY Yankees unveil a monument to Lou Gehrig in centerfield  

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

Jul 07   On this day in history einsatzkommando 3 begins the systematic slaughter of Lithuanian Jewry.  

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   United States armed forces arrive in Iceland on this day in history.  

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

Jul 08   On this day in history philippe Gaubert, composer, dies at 62  

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

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

Jul 10   In the year 1941 jedwabne Pogrom is a massacre of Jewish people living in and near the village of Jedwabne in Poland.  

Jul 11   On this day in history german troops attack Dnjepr  

Jul 12   Joseph Whipp, American actor on this day in history.  

Jul 12   In the year 1941 military treaty is signed between U.S.S.R. and Britain.  

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

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

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

Jul 15   In the year 1941 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   Bob Taylor, cricketer wicket-keeper (too often in Knotty's shadow) on this day in history.  

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

Jul 18   Dionyssios Lavrangas, composer, dies at 80 in the year 1941.  

Jul 18   On this day in history 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   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   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   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   In the year 1941 birth of hayao Miyazaki, Japanese film maker  

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

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 in the year 1941.  

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

Jan 08   Robert Baden-Powell, founder (Boy Scout movement), dies at 83 on this day in history.  

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

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

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