Page 13: Historical Events In 1941

Jun 30   HMAS Waterhen sunk on Tobruk run in the year 1941.   

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

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

Jul 02   On this day in history 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   On this day in history howard Florey & Norman Heatley meet for the first time, 11 days later they successfully recreate pencillin   

Jul 05   On this day in history german occupiers disband political parties   

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

Jul 06   In the year 1941 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   In the year 1941 einsatzkommando 3 begins the systematic slaughter of Lithuanian Jewry.   

Jul 07   Nazis executed 5,000 Jews in Kovono Lithuania on this day in history.   

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

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   On this day in history 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 in the year 1941.   

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

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

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   In the year 1941 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) in the year 1941.   

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   Florey & Heatley present freeze dried mold cultures (Penicillin) in the year 1941.   

Jul 16   In the year 1941 100ø F (38ø C) highest temperature ever recorded in Seattle Wash   

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   In the year 1941 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   SS drowns 40 Jews in Dvina River, Belorussia on this day in history.   

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

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 on this day in history.   

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

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   In the year 1941 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   On this day in history 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   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   On this day in history ko Boezeman, Dutch resistance fighter, dies   

Jan 10   In the year 1941 frank Bridge, English violinist/composer (Sea), dies at 61   

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