Historical Events In 1941

Jan 01   In the year 1941 formal opening of CBC News Service in canada  

Jan 01   Netherlands begins taxing wages in the year 1941.  

Jan 01   Russian General Zhukov appointed chief of General staff in the year 1941.  

Jan 02   In the year 1941 mischa Levitzki, composer, dies at 42  

Jan 02   On this day in history world War II: German bombing severely damages the Llandaff Cathedral in Cardiff, Wales.  

Jan 03   On this day in history australian troops capture Bardia, Libya, from the Italians  

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

Jan 03   On this day in history canada &US acquire air bases in Newfoundland (99 year lease)  

Jan 03   On this day in history italian counter offensive in Albania  

Jan 03   Sergei Rachmaninov's "Symphonic Dances" premieres in Philadelphia on this day in history.  

Jan 04   Henri Bergson, French philosopher (Le Rire, Nobel 1928), dies at 81 on this day in history.  

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

Jan 05   British/Australian troops conquer Bardia Lybia in the year 1941.  

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 on this day in history.  

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

Jan 09   Joan Baez singer The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down; political activist was born on this day in history.  

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

Jan 09   Ko Boezeman, Dutch resistance fighter, dies on this day in history.  

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

Jan 09   Maiden flight of Canadian built Avro Lancaster military bomber at Downsview on this day in history.  

Jan 09   The birth of Joan Baez, American peace activist on this day in history.  

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

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

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 in the year 1941.  

Jan 13   On this day in history james Joyce, novelist (Ulysses), dies in Zurich Switzerland, at 58  

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

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

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

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 in the year 1941.  

Jan 04   Maureen Reagan, 1st daughter (Ronald Reagan) was born in the year 1941.  

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 in the year 1941.  

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

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

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 on this day in history.  

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

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