Historical Events In 1941

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

Oct 19   In the year 1941 1st woman jockey in North America, Anna Lee Wiley in Mexico  

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 on this day in history.  

Oct 21   On this day in history marina Ripa, Rome Italy, countess/writer (My First 40 Years)  

Oct 22   On this day in history maxwell Anderson's "Candle in the Wind," premieres in NYC  

Oct 23   Colin Milburn, cricketer (England bat whose career was cut short) in the year 1941.  

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

Oct 25   On this day in history 16,000 Jews massacred in Odessa Ukraine  

Oct 26   2nd meeting partisans Tito & Draza Mihailovic in Yugoslavia in the year 1941.  

Oct 26   US savings bonds go on sale on this day in history.  

Oct 27   On this day in history 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."  

Oct 27   On this day in history chicago Daily Tribune editorialize there will not be war with Japan  

Oct 29   Brian Yuile, cricketer (NZ slow left-armer took 34 wkts in 17 Tests) on this day in history.  

Oct 29   Cole Porters musical "Let's Face It," premieres in NYC in the year 1941.  

Oct 30   USS Reuben James torpedoed by Germans, even though US is not in war on this day in history.  

Oct 31   13 U boats sunk this month (62,000 ton) in the year 1941.  

Oct 31   Herwarth Walden, writer, dies at 63 in the year 1941.  

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

Nov 01   Chetniks attacks Tito's partizans in Uzice Yugoslavia on this day in history.  

Nov 02   In the year 1941 german troops occupy Rostov  

Nov 03   Hirohiti's accord on Yamamoto's attack plan on Pearl Harbor fails on this day in history.  

Nov 05   Japanese marine staff officiers Suzuki/Maejima leave Pearl Harbor in the year 1941.  

Nov 05   The birth of Art Garfunkel, American Singer on this day in history.  

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

Nov 06   On this day in history einsatz group kills 15,000 Jews of Rovno Ukraine  

Nov 06   In the year 1941 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.  

Nov 07   Albin Zollinger, Swiss poet/author (Das Gewitter), dies at 46 on this day in history.  

Nov 07   British air attack on Berlin, Mannheim & Ruhrgebied in the year 1941.  

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

Nov 08   The Albanian Communist Party is founded in the year 1941.  

Nov 09   In the year 1941 hitler threatens bishop Clemens earl von Galen of Munster  

Nov 11   On this day in history czech premier general Eliasjarrested by nazis  

Nov 11   Opening of the Australian War Memorial in the year 1941.  

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Jan 03   Shima Iwashita, actress (Red Lion, Hara-Kiri, Double Suicide) was born in the year 1941.  

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   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   On this day in history birth of grady Thomas, US rock vocalist (Parliaments, Funkadelic, Maggot Brain)  

Jan 05   Mansur Ali Khan, cricketer (Nawab of Pataudi, Indian batsman & capt) was born in the year 1941.  

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

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   In the year 1941 death of amy Johnson, English aviator (b. 1903)  

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

Jan 08   In the year 1941 robert Baden-Powell, founder (Boy Scout movement), dies at 83  

Jan 09   In the year 1941 ko Boezeman, Dutch resistance fighter, dies  

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

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