Historical Events In 1941

Sep 29   Joe Louis TKOs Lou Nova in 6 for heavyweight boxing title on this day in history.  

Sep 30   3,721 Jews are buried alive at Babi Yar ravine (near Kiev) Ukraine on this day in history.  

Sep 30   On this day in history 3,721 Jews are buried alive at Babi Yarravine (near Kiev) Ukraine  

Oct 02   On this day in history 6 Paris synagogues are bombed by Gestapo  

Oct 02   6 Parisian synagogues are bombed in the year 1941.  

Oct 03   In the year 1941 adolf Hitler says Russia is "broken" & would "never rise again"  

Oct 03   In the year 1941 the birth of Chubby Checker, American rock singer  

Oct 03   On this day in history wilhelm Kienzl, Austria composer (Kuhreigen), dies at 84  

Oct 05   Louis D Brandeis, 1st Jewish Supreme Court Judge (1916-39), dies at 84 on this day in history.  

Oct 05   Mickey Owens drops a 3rd strike, Tom Hendrick reaches 1st safely on this day in history.  

Oct 05   Supreme Court Justice Louis D. Brandeis dies on this day in history.  

Oct 06   On this day in history german army occupies Briansk, USSR  

Oct 07   On this day in history german army occupies Viarma, USSR  

Oct 08   Concentration camp Birkenau begins being built in the year 1941.  

Oct 08   In the year 1941 the birth of Jesse Jackson, American civic leader and clergyman  

Oct 09   A coup in Panama declares Ricardo Adolfo de la Guardia Arango the new president on this day in history.  

Oct 10   In the year 1941 german U-boat torpedoes US destroyer Kearney  

Oct 10   On this day in history the resienstadt ghetto in Czechoslovakia is established.  

Oct 11   1st NSB-battalion departures to Eastern front in the year 1941.  

Oct 12   On this day in history germans approach Moscow, partial evacuation of the city.  

Oct 12   Russian govt moves from Moscow to Volga as Nazis close in on Moscow in the year 1941.  

Oct 13   On this day in history gJ Berenschot, general/supreme commander Dutch East Indies army, dies  

Oct 13   In the year 1941 nazi's kill 11,000 Jewish children/old people  

Oct 14   In the year 1941 1st mass deportation of Kowno, Lodz, Minsk & Riga  

Oct 15   In the year 1941 1st mass deportation of German Jews to Eastern Europe  

Oct 15   On this day in history jews caught outside the Polish Ghetto walls could be put to death  

Oct 16   "Gordo" comic strip (by Gus Arriola) 1st appears in newspapers on this day in history.  

Oct 16   "Gordo" comic strip first appears in newspapers in the year 1941.  

Oct 16   General Hideki Tojo takes over as Japanese Premier on this day in history.  

Oct 16   Germany advances within 60 miles of Moscow in the year 1941.  

Oct 17   In the year 1941 1st US destroyer (Kearney) torpedoed in WW II, off Iceland  

Oct 17   On this day in history first US destroyer (Kearney) torpedoed in WW II, off Iceland  

Oct 17   John S Plaskett, Canadian astronomer (Plaskett's twins), dies on this day in history.  

Oct 18   On this day in history dirk Fock, governor-general van/of Neth-Indies 1921-6, dies at 83  

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Jan 03   In the year 1941 birth of shima Iwashita, actress (Red Lion, Hara-Kiri, Double Suicide)  

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

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

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

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 in the year 1941.  

Jan 02   On this day in history mischa Levitzki, composer, dies at 42  

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

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

Jan 09   In the year 1941 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 on this day in history.