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   In the year 1941 tV licenses granted-W2XBS-WNBT (NBC) & WCBW (CBS), NYC  

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

Jul 02   On this day in history 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 in the year 1941.  

Jul 05   In the year 1941 german occupiers disband political parties  

Jul 05   Oskar Fried, composer, dies at 69 in the year 1941.  

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

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

Jul 07   On this day in history einsatzkommando 3 begins the systematic slaughter of Lithuanian Jewry.  

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   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 in the year 1941.  

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

Jul 08   On this day in history 9th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 7-5 at Briggs Stadium, Detroit  

Jul 08   Philippe Gaubert, composer, dies at 62 on this day in history.  

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

Jul 10   Ferdinand "Jelly Roll" Morton, pioneer jazz pianist, dies in LA at 56 on this day in history.  

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   German troops attack Dnjepr on this day in history.  

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

Jul 12   In the year 1941 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) on this day in history.  

Jul 14   In the year 1941 6,000 Lithuanian Jews are exterminated at Viszalsyan Camp  

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

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

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) 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   On this day in history dionyssios Lavrangas, composer, dies at 80  

Jul 18   SS drowns 40 Jews in Dvina River, Belorussia in the year 1941.  

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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   On this day in history 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   On this day in history 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 on this day in history.  

Jan 05   Mansur Ali Khan, cricketer (Nawab of Pataudi, Indian batsman & capt) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 05   In the year 1941 birth of hayao Miyazaki, Japanese film maker  

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

Jan 04   In the year 1941 henri Bergson, French philosopher (Le Rire, Nobel 1928), dies at 81  

Jan 05   Amy Johnson, English aviator (b. 1903) died in the year 1941.  

Jan 06   Franz Hessel, writer, dies at 60 on this day in history.  

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   On this day in history death of emanuel Lasker, German chess player (b. 1868)