Page 13: Historical Events In 1941

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

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

Jul 01   TV licenses granted-W2XBS-WNBT (NBC) & WCBW (CBS), NYC on this day in history.   

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

Jul 02   Mohammad Baqa Jilani, cricketer (Test for India), dies at 29 on this day in history.   

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 in the year 1941.   

Jul 05   In the year 1941 oskar Fried, composer, dies at 69   

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

Jul 07   In the year 1941 nazis executed 5,000 Jews in Kovono Lithuania   

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

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 on this day in history.   

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 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 in the year 1941.   

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   24th PGA Championship: Vic Ghezzi at Cherry Hills CC Denver in the year 1941.   

Jul 13   Graeme Corling, Australian cricket fast bowler (1964 England tour) on this day in history.   

Jul 14   On this day in history 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   On this day in history 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   In the year 1941 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 on this day in history.   

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   On this day in history birth of shima Iwashita, actress (Red Lion, Hara-Kiri, Double Suicide)   

Jan 03   On this day in history 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   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   In the year 1941 birth of hayao Miyazaki, Japanese film maker   

Jan 02   On this day in history mischa Levitzki, composer, dies at 42   

Jan 04   Henri Bergson, French philosopher (Le Rire, Nobel 1928), dies at 81 on this day in history.   

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

Jan 06   On this day in history franz Hessel, writer, dies at 60   

Jan 08   On this day in history robert Baden-Powell, founder (Boy Scout movement), dies at 83   

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

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.