Historical Events In 1941

Jun 30   On this day in history 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   TV licenses granted-W2XBS-WNBT (NBC) & WCBW (CBS), NYC on this day in history.  

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

Jul 02   Mohammad Baqa Jilani, cricketer (Test for India), dies at 29 in the year 1941.  

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   On this day in history nY Yankees unviel a monument to Lou Gehrig in centerfield  

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

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   United States armed forces arrive in Iceland on this day in history.  

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

Jul 08   On this day in history philippe Gaubert, composer, dies at 62  

Jul 10   On this day in history ferdinand "Jelly Roll" Morton pioneer jazz pianist, dies at 56 in LA  

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 in the year 1941.  

Jul 11   On this day in history german troops attack Dnjepr  

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

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

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

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   100�F (38�C) highest temperature ever recorded in Seattle Wash in the year 1941.  

Jul 17   Bob Taylor, cricketer wicket-keeper (too often in Knotty's shadow) on this day in history.  

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 in the year 1941.  

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

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Jan 03   In the year 1941 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   On this day in history birth of john Bennett Perry, Williamstown Mass, singer/actor (Falcon Crest)  

Jan 04   In the year 1941 birth of maureen Reagan, 1st daughter (Ronald Reagan)  

Jan 05   Bob Cunis, cricketer (New Zealand pace bowler of the late 60's) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 05   On this day in history 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 on this day in history.  

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

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

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 on this day in history.  

Jan 09   Ko Boezeman, Dutch resistance fighter, dies in the year 1941.  

Jan 10   On this day in history frank Bridge, English violinist/composer (Sea), dies at 61  

Jan 11   Emanuel Lasker, German chess player (b. 1868) died on this day in history.