Historical Events In 1941

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

Jan 01   Netherlands begins taxing wages on this day in history.  

Jan 01   Russian General Zhukov appointed chief of General staff on this day in history.  

Jan 02   Mischa Levitzki, composer, dies at 42 in the year 1941.  

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

Jan 03   Australian troops capture Bardia, Libya, from the Italians in the year 1941.  

Jan 03   On this day in history 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 on this day in history.  

Jan 04   On this day in history 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   In the year 1941 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 on this day in history.  

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

Jan 08   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 in the year 1941.  

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

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

Jan 09   Maiden flight by Canada's Avro Lancaster military plane in the year 1941.  

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

Jan 09   On this day in history the birth of Joan Baez, American peace activist  

Jan 10   On this day in history frank Bridge, English violinist/composer (Sea), dies at 61  

Jan 10   Joseph Kesselring's "Arsenic & Old Lace," premieres in New York City NY in the year 1941.  

Jan 10   In the year 1941 joseph Kesselring's "Arsenic & Old Lace," premieres in NYC  

Jan 10   Seyss-Inquart begins registration of Jews in the year 1941.  

Jan 11   Princess Irene Brigade established in Congleton on this day in history.  

Jan 13   In the year 1941 james Joyce, novelist (Ulysses), dies in Zurich Switzerland, at 58  

Jan 13   Novelist James Joyce dies during an eye operation in Zurich, Switzerland at age 58 in the year 1941.  

Jan 14   On this day in history the birth of Faye Dunaway, American film actress  

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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   In the year 1941 birth of john Bennett Perry, Williamstown Mass, singer/actor (Falcon Crest)  

Jan 04   On this day in history birth of maureen Reagan, 1st daughter (Ronald Reagan)  

Jan 05   Bob Cunis, cricketer (New Zealand pace bowler of the late 60's) was born in the year 1941.  

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 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 in the year 1941.  

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   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 in the year 1941.