Page 12: Historical Events In 1941

Jun 16   The inaugural US federally owned airport opened Wash DC   

Jun 17   Johan Wagenaar, Dutch composer (Cyrano de Bergerac), dies at 78   

Jun 18   Joe Louis KOs Billy Conn in 13 for heavyweight boxing title.   

Jun 19   Cheerios Cereal invents an O-shaped cereal.   

Jun 20   German U-203 fails on torpedo attack on US battleship Texas.   

Jun 20   Stephanie H (Lapidoth-)Swarth, author (Lonely flowers, dies.   

Jun 20   Stephen Frears, English born film director is born   

Jun 20   Stephen Frears, English born film director2006 The Miami Heat win the NBA Finals over the Dallas Mavericks, 4-2 is born   

Jun 21   2nd French troops occupies Damascus Syria.   

Jun 21   Allied troops, including Australians, occupy Damascus.   

Jun 22   "Operation Barbarossa," German invasion of the U.S.S.R., gets launched   

Jun 22   Battle of Britain - the RAF shoots down 26 Nazi planes during the day   

Jun 22   Finland invades Karelia   

Jun 22   Germany declares war on Soviet Union during WW II   

Jun 22   In this year, Estonians starts armed resistance against Soviet occupation.   

Jun 23   Germany occupies Telz Lithuana.   

Jun 24   Entire Jewish male population of Gorzhdy Lithuania, exterminated.   

Jun 25   -26] Russian counter attack at Rovno.   

Jun 25   Denys Arcand, director (Jesus of Montreal)   

Jun 25   FDR issues Executive Order 8802 forbidding discrimination   

Jun 26   Finland enters WW II against Russia   

Jun 27   Bialystok Poland falls to Germany   

Jun 28   German and Romanian soldiers kill 11000 Jews in Kishinev   

Jun 29   DiMaggio extends hitting streak to 42 breaking Sisler's record.   

Jun 29   Ignace Jan Paderewski, Polish statesman pianist, dies in NY at 80.   

Jun 29   Pamela Emily Maud born to William David Davies and Phyllis Maud Davies. Happy 60th Birthday 2001 - love All the Family XXX   

Jun 30   61 U-boats (310000 ton) sunk this month.   

Jun 30   HMAS WATERHEN (RAN), lost in the Eastern Mediterranean off Bardia, east Libya by German divebombers on the 29th June.   

Jun 30   HMAS Waterhen sunk on Tobruk run   

Jul 01   Bulova Watch Co. pays $9 for inaugural ever network TV commercial   

Jul 01   TV licenses granted-W2XBS-WNBT (NBC) and WCBW (CBS), NYC.   

Jul 02   DiMaggio breaks Willie Keeler's 44 game hitting streak (45th of 56).   

Jul 02   Mohammad Baqa Jilani, cricketer (Test for India), dies at 29.   

Jul 04   Howard Florey and Norman Heatley meet for the inaugural time, 11 days later they successfully recreate pencillin.   

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Jan 03   Shima iwashita: Actress (red lion, hara-kiri, double suicide)   

Jan 03   Van dyke parks: Alabama, actor/musician (bonino, billy crystal hour)   

Jan 04   John bennett perry: Williamstown mass, singer/actor (falcon crest)   

Jan 04   Maureen reagan: 1st daughter (ronald reagan)   

Jan 05   Bob cunis: Cricketer (new zealand pace bowler of the late 60's)   

Jan 05   Grady thomas: Us rock vocalist (parliaments, funkadelic, maggot brain)   

Jan 05   Mansur ali khan: Cricketer (nawab of pataudi, indian batsman & capt)   

Jan 05   Hayao miyazaki: Japanese film maker   

Jan 02   Mischa levitzki: Composer,    

Jan 04   Henri bergson: French philosopher (le rire, nobel 1928),   

Jan 05   Amy johnson: English aviator (b. 1903)   

Jan 06   Franz hessel: Writer,   

Jan 08   Robert baden-powell: Founder (boy scout movement),    

Jan 09   Ko boezeman: Dutch resistance fighter,   

Jan 10   Frank bridge: English violinist/composer (sea),    

Jan 11   Emanuel lasker: German chess player (b. 1868)