Historical Events In 1941

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

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   On this day in history diMaggio breaks Willie Keeler's 44 game hitting streak (45th of 56)   

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

Jul 07   Einsatzkommando 3 begins the systematic slaughter of Lithuanian Jewry on this day in history.   

Jul 07   Nazis executed 5,000 Jews in Kovono Lithuania in the year 1941.   

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   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 on this day in history.   

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

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

Jul 10   On this day in history 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 on this day in history.   

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

Jul 13   On this day in history graeme Corling, Australian cricket fast bowler (1964 England tour)   

Jul 14   On this day in history 6,000 Lithuanian Jews are exterminated at Viszalsyan Camp   

Jul 15   Florey & Heatley present freeze dried mold cultures (Pencillin) in the year 1941.   

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   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   SS drowns 40 Jews in Dvina River, Belorussia on this day in history.   

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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 on this day in history.   

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 in the year 1941.   

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   Hayao Miyazaki, Japanese film maker was born in the year 1941.   

Jan 02   On this day in history 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   In the year 1941 death of amy Johnson, English aviator (b. 1903)   

Jan 06   On this day in history 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   In the year 1941 death of emanuel Lasker, German chess player (b. 1868)