Historical Events In 1941

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

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

Jul 07   In the year 1941 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   On this day in history united States armed forces arrive in Iceland  

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

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

Jul 10   In the year 1941 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   On this day in history jedwabne Pogrom is a massacre of Jewish people living in and near the village of Jedwabne in Poland.  

Jul 11   German troops attack Dnjepr in the year 1941.  

Jul 12   Joseph Whipp, American actor on this day in history.  

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   On this day in history graeme Corling, Australian cricket fast bowler (1964 England tour)  

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

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

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

Jul 16   In the year 1941 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   NY Yankee Joe DiMaggio's 56-game hitting streak ends in Cleveland on this day in history.  

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

Jul 18   On this day in history sS drowns 40 Jews in Dvina River, Belorussia  

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Jan 03   Shima Iwashita, actress (Red Lion, Hara-Kiri, Double Suicide) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 03   Van Dyke Parks, Alabama, actor/musician (Bonino, Billy Crystal Hour) was born in the year 1941.  

Jan 04   In the year 1941 birth of john Bennett Perry, Williamstown Mass, singer/actor (Falcon Crest)  

Jan 04   On this day in history 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   On this day in history 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   In the year 1941 mischa Levitzki, composer, dies at 42  

Jan 04   On this day in history henri Bergson, French philosopher (Le Rire, Nobel 1928), dies at 81  

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

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 on this day in history.  

Jan 09   On this day in history ko Boezeman, Dutch resistance fighter, dies  

Jan 10   Frank Bridge, English violinist/composer (Sea), dies at 61 on this day in history.  

Jan 11   Emanuel Lasker, German chess player (b. 1868) died in the year 1941.