Page 11: Historical Events In 1941

May 31   -June 1) 32.0 cm rain falls on Burlington Kansas (state record).   

May 31   32.0 cm rain falls on Burlington KS (state record).   

May 31   British troops vacate Kreta   

May 31   German occupiers forbids Jews access to beach and swimming pools   

Jun 01   31.98 cm (12.59") rainfall, Burlington, Kansas (state 24-hr record)   

Jun 01   germany bans all Catholic publications.   

Jun 01   hMS CALCUTTA (AA)sunk in the Eastern Mediterranean, north west of Alexandria, Egypt by 2 bombs from German Ju88 bombers.255 survivors.   

Jun 01   hugh S Walpole, British writer (Killer and the Slain), dies.   

Jun 02   in this year, Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis claims baseball's "Iron Horse," Lou Gehrig, in New York. The malady is now often referred to as Lou Gehrig's disease.   

Jun 02   Lou Gehrig, 1st baseman (NY Yankee), dies of ALS in Riverdale NY at 37   

Jun 03   Attack on telephone exchange in Schiphol   

Jun 03   Author Irving Wallace marries writer Sylvia Kahn   

Jun 04   Nazi's forbid Jews access to beach and swimming pools   

Jun 04   Wilhelm II von Hohenzollern, emperor (Germany, 1888-1918), dies   

Jun 05   cyprus reinforced by Australian troops.   

Jun 05   sandor Szabo beats B Nagurski in St Louis, to become wrestling champ.   

Jun 06   1st navy vessel constructed as mine layer Terror launched   

Jun 06   The inaugural US navy vessel constructed as mine layer Terror launched   

Jun 07   45th US Golf Open: Craig Wood shoots a 284 at Colonial Club Ft Worth.   

Jun 07   Jaime Laredo, Bolivia, violinist (Qn Elisabeth of Belgium prize 1959)   

Jun 07   palmach units take part in an Allied invasion in Syria.   

Jun 08   Allied forces (largely Australian) enter Syria   

Jun 08   English and French troop overthrow pro-German Syria   

Jun 09   7th Division crosses Litani River   

Jun 09   Ammunition plant at Fort Smederovo in Belgrade explodes; results in the deaths of 1500   

Jun 10   herschel Mayall, actor (Tale of 2 Cities), dies at 78.   

Jun 10   Recruitment commenced for the Torres Strait Defence Force to be drawn from the indigenous population of the Torres Strait Islands The Force included the Torres Strait Regiment   

Jun 11   2nd great raid on Jews of Amsterdam   

Jun 13   Battle for Jezzine   

Jun 14   Ground broken for Boeing Plant II (ex-AFLC Plant 13) Wichita KS   

Jun 14   john Edgar Widerman, US writer.   

Jun 14   pieter J Kromsigt, theologist/publicist (John Knox), dies at 74.   

Jun 16   1st US federally owned airport opened Wash DC   

Jun 16   lodo of Hamel, 1st Dutch secret affiliate, dies.   

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

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

Jan 05   In the year 1941 birth of bob Cunis, cricketer (New Zealand pace bowler of the late 60's)   

Jan 05   In the year 1941 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   Mischa Levitzki, composer, dies at 42 on this day in history.   

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

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

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.