Historical Events In 1941

Jun 30   On this day in history hMAS Waterhen sunk on Tobruk run  

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

Jul 01   On this day in history tV licenses granted-W2XBS-WNBT (NBC) & WCBW (CBS), NYC  

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

Jul 02   In the year 1941 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 on this day in history.  

Jul 05   German occupiers disband political parties on this day in history.  

Jul 05   On this day in history oskar Fried, composer, dies at 69  

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

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

Jul 07   In the year 1941 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   In the year 1941 sgt. James Allen Ward, 75 (NZ) Squadron, RAF, won the Victoria Cross over the Zuider See  

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 in the year 1941.  

Jul 07   United States armed forces arrive in Iceland on this day in history.  

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

Jul 08   In the year 1941 philippe Gaubert, composer, dies at 62  

Jul 10   Ferdinand "Jelly Roll" Morton pioneer jazz pianist, dies at 56 in LA on this day in history.  

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

Jul 10   On this day in history 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   On this day in history joseph Whipp, American actor  

Jul 12   On this day in history military treaty is signed between U.S.S.R. and Britain.  

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

Jul 13   On this day in history graeme Corling, Australian cricket fast bowler (1964 England tour)  

Jul 14   In the year 1941 6,000 Lithuanian Jews are exterminated at Viszalsyan Camp  

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) in the year 1941.  

Jul 16   100ø F (38ø C) highest temperature ever recorded in Seattle Wash on this day in history.  

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

Jul 17   Bob Taylor, cricketer wicket-keeper (too often in Knotty's shadow) in the year 1941.  

Jul 17   On this day in history nY Yankee Joe DiMaggio's 56-game hitting streak ends in Cleveland  

Jul 18   Dionyssios Lavrangas, composer, dies at 80 on this day in history.  

Jul 18   SS drowns 40 Jews in Dvina River, Belorussia on this day in history.  

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Jan 03   On this day in history 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   On this day in history 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 in the year 1941.  

Jan 05   Grady Thomas, US rock vocalist (Parliaments, Funkadelic, Maggot Brain) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 05   Mansur Ali Khan, cricketer (Nawab of Pataudi, Indian batsman & capt) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 05   On this day in history birth of hayao Miyazaki, Japanese film maker  

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

Jan 04   Henri Bergson, French philosopher (Le Rire, Nobel 1928), dies at 81 on this day in history.  

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

Jan 06   Franz Hessel, writer, dies at 60 in the year 1941.  

Jan 08   On this day in history robert Baden-Powell, founder (Boy Scout movement), dies at 83  

Jan 09   Ko Boezeman, Dutch resistance fighter, dies on this day in history.  

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

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