Historical Events In 1941

Jan 01   On this day in history formal opening of CBC News Service in canada  

Jan 01   On this day in history netherlands begins taxing wages  

Jan 01   On this day in history russian General Zhukov appointed chief of General staff  

Jan 02   Mischa Levitzki, composer, dies at 42 on this day in history.  

Jan 02   World War II: German bombing severely damages the Llandaff Cathedral in Cardiff, Wales in the year 1941.  

Jan 03   In the year 1941 australian troops capture Bardia, Libya, from the Italians  

Jan 03   In the year 1941 canada & US acquire air bases in Newfoundland (99 yr lease)  

Jan 03   Canada &US acquire air bases in Newfoundland (99 year lease) in the year 1941.  

Jan 03   Italian counter offensive in Albania on this day in history.  

Jan 03   Sergei Rachmaninov's "Symphonic Dances" premieres in Philadelphia in the year 1941.  

Jan 04   In the year 1941 henri Bergson, French philosopher (Le Rire, Nobel 1928), dies at 81  

Jan 04   Resistance fighters counter d'Estienne d'Orves/Jan Doornik, 1st meet on this day in history.  

Jan 05   In the year 1941 british/Australian troops conquer Bardia Lybia  

Jan 06   On this day in history fDR's "4 Freedoms" speech (speech, worship, from want & from fear)  

Jan 06   On this day in history fDR's "4 Freedoms" speech (speech, worship, from want &from fear)  

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

Jan 08   In the year 1941 british Air Marshal Richard Peirse resigns  

Jan 08   In the year 1941 federal Minister Ian Mackenzie announces that the RCMP will be registering all Japanese Canadians in British Columbia; a national security matter under the War Measures Act. They are later moved inland to detention camps.  

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

Jan 09   6,000 Jews exterminated in pogrom in Bucharest Romania in the year 1941.  

Jan 09   In the year 1941 joan Baez singer The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down; political activist was born  

Jan 09   On this day in history joan Baez singer: The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down; political activist was born  

Jan 09   Ko Boezeman, Dutch resistance fighter, dies in the year 1941.  

Jan 09   In the year 1941 maiden flight by Canada's Avro Lancaster military plane  

Jan 09   On this day in history maiden flight of Canadian built Avro Lancaster military bomber at Downsview  

Jan 09   The birth of Joan Baez, American peace activist in the year 1941.  

Jan 10   In the year 1941 frank Bridge, English violinist/composer (Sea), dies at 61  

Jan 10   On this day in history joseph Kesselring's "Arsenic & Old Lace," premieres in New York City NY  

Jan 10   On this day in history joseph Kesselring's "Arsenic & Old Lace," premieres in NYC  

Jan 10   In the year 1941 seyss-Inquart begins registration of Jews  

Jan 11   Princess Irene Brigade established in Congleton in the year 1941.  

Jan 13   James Joyce, novelist (Ulysses), dies in Zurich Switzerland, at 58 on this day in history.  

Jan 13   On this day in history novelist James Joyce dies during an eye operation in Zurich, Switzerland at age 58.  

Jan 14   The birth of Faye Dunaway, American film actress in the year 1941.  

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Jan 03   Shima Iwashita, actress (Red Lion, Hara-Kiri, Double Suicide) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 03   Van Dyke Parks, Alabama, actor/musician (Bonino, Billy Crystal Hour) was born in the year 1941.  

Jan 04   John Bennett Perry, Williamstown Mass, singer/actor (Falcon Crest) was born on this day in history.  

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 on this day in history.  

Jan 02   Mischa Levitzki, composer, dies at 42 on this day in history.  

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   On this day in history franz Hessel, writer, dies at 60  

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

Jan 09   On this day in history 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)