Page 13: Historical Events In 1941

Jun 30   In the year 1941 hMAS Waterhen sunk on Tobruk run   

Jul 01   In the year 1941 bulova Watch Co. pays $9 for first ever network TV commercial   

Jul 01   On this day in history tV licenses granted-W2XBS-WNBT (NBC) & WCBW (CBS), NYC   

Jul 02   In the year 1941 diMaggio breaks Willie Keeler's 44 game hitting streak (45th of 56)   

Jul 02   In the year 1941 mohammad Baqa Jilani, cricketer (Test for India), dies at 29   

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   German occupiers disband political parties on this day in history.   

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

Jul 06   NY Yankees unveil a monument to Lou Gehrig in centerfield on this day in history.   

Jul 06   NY Yankees unviel a monument to Lou Gehrig in centerfield on this day in history.   

Jul 07   Einsatzkommando 3 begins the systematic slaughter of Lithuanian Jewry in the year 1941.   

Jul 07   On this day in history nazis executed 5,000 Jews in Kovono Lithuania   

Jul 07   Sgt. James Allen Ward, 75 (NZ) Squadron, RAF, won the Victoria Cross over the Zuider See in the year 1941.   

Jul 07   In the year 1941 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   

Jul 07   In the year 1941 united States armed forces arrive in Iceland   

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

Jul 08   In the year 1941 philippe Gaubert, composer, dies at 62   

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

Jul 10   On this day in history 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   German troops attack Dnjepr in the year 1941.   

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

Jul 12   Military treaty is signed between U.S.S.R. and Britain on this day in history.   

Jul 13   In the year 1941 24th PGA Championship: Vic Ghezzi at Cherry Hills CC Denver   

Jul 13   Graeme Corling, Australian cricket fast bowler (1964 England tour) in the year 1941.   

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

Jul 15   Florey & Heatley present freeze dried mold cultures (Pencillin) in the year 1941.   

Jul 15   Florey & Heatley present freeze dried mold cultures (Penicillin) on this day in history.   

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

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

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

Jul 17   NY Yankee Joe DiMaggio's 56-game hitting streak ends in Cleveland in the year 1941.   

Jul 18   In the year 1941 dionyssios Lavrangas, composer, dies at 80   

Jul 18   SS drowns 40 Jews in Dvina River, Belorussia on this day in history.   

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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   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 on this day in history.   

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

Jan 05   Grady Thomas, US rock vocalist (Parliaments, Funkadelic, Maggot Brain) was born in the year 1941.   

Jan 05   In the year 1941 birth of mansur Ali Khan, cricketer (Nawab of Pataudi, Indian batsman & capt)   

Jan 05   Hayao Miyazaki, Japanese film maker was born on this day in history.   

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 on this day in history.   

Jan 05   Amy Johnson, English aviator (b. 1903) died on this day in history.   

Jan 06   In the year 1941 franz Hessel, writer, dies at 60   

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   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)