Historical Events In 1941

Oct 18   In the year 1941 spy Richard Sorge arrested in Tokyo  

Oct 19   1st woman jockey in North America, Anna Lee Wiley in Mexico on this day in history.  

Oct 20   Ken Farnes (WWII) 15 Tests for England, cricketer (60 wickets), dies on this day in history.  

Oct 20   Nazi occupiers murder 500 inhabitants of Kragujevac Serbia in the year 1941.  

Oct 21   Marina Ripa, Rome Italy, countess/writer (My First 40 Years) on this day in history.  

Oct 22   In the year 1941 maxwell Anderson's "Candle in the Wind," premieres in NYC  

Oct 23   Colin Milburn, cricketer (England bat whose career was cut short) on this day in history.  

Oct 23   In the year 1941 walt Disney's "Dumbo" released  

Oct 25   16,000 Jews massacred in Odessa Ukraine in the year 1941.  

Oct 26   2nd meeting partisans Tito & Draza Mihailovic in Yugoslavia on this day in history.  

Oct 26   US savings bonds go on sale in the year 1941.  

Oct 27   An editorial in the Chicago Daily Tribune downplays the possibility of a US war with Japan, stating "Even our base at Hawaii is beyond the effective power of her fleet." on this day in history.  

Oct 27   Chicago Daily Tribune editorialize there will not be war with Japan in the year 1941.  

Oct 29   Brian Yuile, cricketer (NZ slow left-armer took 34 wkts in 17 Tests) in the year 1941.  

Oct 29   On this day in history cole Porters musical "Let's Face It," premieres in NYC  

Oct 30   On this day in history uSS Reuben James torpedoed by Germans, even though US is not in war  

Oct 31   On this day in history 13 U boats sunk this month (62,000 ton)  

Oct 31   Herwarth Walden, writer, dies at 63 on this day in history.  

Nov 01   Camille Melloy, [the Paepe], Belgian priest/poet (Requiem), dies at 50 on this day in history.  

Nov 01   Chetniks attacks Tito's partizans in Uzice Yugoslavia in the year 1941.  

Nov 02   On this day in history german troops occupy Rostov  

Nov 03   In the year 1941 hirohiti's accord on Yamamoto's attack plan on Pearl Harbor fails  

Nov 05   In the year 1941 japanese marine staff officiers Suzuki/Maejima leave Pearl Harbor  

Nov 05   In the year 1941 the birth of Art Garfunkel, American Singer  

Nov 06   In the year 1941 doug Sahm, San Antonio Texas, country singer (Texas Tornadoes-Dinero)  

Nov 06   In the year 1941 einsatz group kills 15,000 Jews of Rovno Ukraine  

Nov 06   On Neutrality Patrol, USS Omaha (CL-4) and USS Somers (DD-381) intercept the German blockade runner Odenwald disguised as U.S. freighter, board her after the German crew abandoned the ship, and brought the ship to San Juan, Puerto Rico, where the boarding party was awarded salvage shares in the year 1941.  

Nov 07   In the year 1941 albin Zollinger, Swiss poet/author (Das Gewitter), dies at 46  

Nov 07   In the year 1941 british air attack on Berlin, Mannheim & Ruhrgebied  

Nov 08   On this day in history gaetano Mosca, Italian sociologist (Elite Circle), dies at 83  

Nov 08   In the year 1941 the Albanian Communist Party is founded.  

Nov 09   Hitler threatens bishop Clemens earl von Galen of Munster on this day in history.  

Nov 11   Czech premier general Eliasjarrested by nazis on this day in history.  

Nov 11   In the year 1941 opening of the Australian War Memorial  

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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   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   On this day in history birth of bob Cunis, cricketer (New Zealand pace bowler of the late 60's)  

Jan 05   Grady Thomas, US rock vocalist (Parliaments, Funkadelic, Maggot Brain) was born in the year 1941.  

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

Jan 05   Hayao Miyazaki, Japanese film maker was born on this day in history.  

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

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

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

Jan 06   On this day in history 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   In the year 1941 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)