Historical Events In 1941

Jun 30   HMAS Waterhen sunk on Tobruk run on this day in history.  

Jul 01   On this day in history bulova Watch Co. pays $9 for first ever network TV commercial  

Jul 01   TV licenses granted-W2XBS-WNBT (NBC) & WCBW (CBS), NYC in the year 1941.  

Jul 02   On this day in history diMaggio breaks Willie Keeler's 44 game hitting streak (45th of 56)  

Jul 02   Mohammad Baqa Jilani, cricketer (Test for India), dies at 29 on this day in history.  

Jul 04   Howard Florey & Norman Heatley meet for the first time, 11 days later they successfully recreate pencillin on this day in history.  

Jul 05   In the year 1941 german occupiers disband political parties  

Jul 05   Oskar Fried, composer, dies at 69 on this day in history.  

Jul 06   On this day in history nY Yankees unveil a monument to Lou Gehrig in centerfield  

Jul 06   NY Yankees unviel a monument to Lou Gehrig in centerfield in the year 1941.  

Jul 07   In the year 1941 einsatzkommando 3 begins the systematic slaughter of Lithuanian Jewry.  

Jul 07   Nazis executed 5,000 Jews in Kovono Lithuania in the year 1941.  

Jul 07   On this day in history sgt. James Allen Ward, 75 (NZ) Squadron, RAF, won the Victoria Cross over the Zuider See  

Jul 07   U.S. Forces Occupy Iceland During World War II, the neutral United States moved closer to war with Germany when U.S. forces landed on Iceland to take over its garrisoning from the British on this day in history.  

Jul 07   United States armed forces arrive in Iceland in the year 1941.  

Jul 08   In the year 1941 9th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 7-5 at Briggs Stadium, Detroit  

Jul 08   Philippe Gaubert, composer, dies at 62 in the year 1941.  

Jul 10   Ferdinand "Jelly Roll" Morton pioneer jazz pianist, dies at 56 in LA in the year 1941.  

Jul 10   In the year 1941 ferdinand "Jelly Roll" Morton, pioneer jazz pianist, dies in LA at 56  

Jul 10   Jedwabne Pogrom is a massacre of Jewish people living in and near the village of Jedwabne in Poland on this day in history.  

Jul 11   In the year 1941 german troops attack Dnjepr  

Jul 12   On this day in history joseph Whipp, American actor  

Jul 12   Military treaty is signed between U.S.S.R. and Britain in the year 1941.  

Jul 13   On this day in history 24th PGA Championship: Vic Ghezzi at Cherry Hills CC Denver  

Jul 13   In the year 1941 graeme Corling, Australian cricket fast bowler (1964 England tour)  

Jul 14   6,000 Lithuanian Jews are exterminated at Viszalsyan Camp on this day in history.  

Jul 15   On this day in history florey & Heatley present freeze dried mold cultures (Pencillin)  

Jul 15   In the year 1941 florey & Heatley present freeze dried mold cultures (Penicillin)  

Jul 16   On this day in history 100ø F (38ø C) highest temperature ever recorded in Seattle Wash  

Jul 16   100°F (38°C) highest temperature ever recorded in Seattle Wash on this day in history.  

Jul 17   In the year 1941 bob Taylor, cricketer wicket-keeper (too often in Knotty's shadow)  

Jul 17   On this day in history nY Yankee Joe DiMaggio's 56-game hitting streak ends in Cleveland  

Jul 18   Dionyssios Lavrangas, composer, dies at 80 on this day in history.  

Jul 18   In the year 1941 sS drowns 40 Jews in Dvina River, Belorussia  

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Jan 03   On this day in history birth of shima Iwashita, actress (Red Lion, Hara-Kiri, Double Suicide)  

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   In the year 1941 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   On this day in history birth of mansur Ali Khan, cricketer (Nawab of Pataudi, Indian batsman & capt)  

Jan 05   On this day in history birth of hayao Miyazaki, Japanese film maker  

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

Jan 04   Henri Bergson, French philosopher (Le Rire, Nobel 1928), dies at 81 in the year 1941.  

Jan 05   On this day in history death of amy Johnson, English aviator (b. 1903)  

Jan 06   On this day in history franz Hessel, writer, dies at 60  

Jan 08   Robert Baden-Powell, founder (Boy Scout movement), dies at 83 on this day in history.  

Jan 09   In the year 1941 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)