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 on this day in history.  

Jul 01   TV licenses granted-W2XBS-WNBT (NBC) & WCBW (CBS), NYC in the year 1941.  

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

Jul 05   German occupiers disband political parties in the year 1941.  

Jul 05   On this day in history oskar Fried, composer, dies at 69  

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

Jul 06   In the year 1941 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   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 on this day in history.  

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

Jul 10   In the year 1941 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   In the year 1941 german troops attack Dnjepr  

Jul 12   Joseph Whipp, American actor in the year 1941.  

Jul 12   Military treaty is signed between U.S.S.R. and Britain on this day in history.  

Jul 13   24th PGA Championship: Vic Ghezzi at Cherry Hills CC Denver on this day in history.  

Jul 13   In the year 1941 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   On this day in history florey & Heatley present freeze dried mold cultures (Penicillin)  

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

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

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

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

Jan 04   Maureen Reagan, 1st daughter (Ronald Reagan) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 05   In the year 1941 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   On this day in history birth of hayao Miyazaki, Japanese film maker  

Jan 02   Mischa Levitzki, composer, dies at 42 in the year 1941.  

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

Jan 05   In the year 1941 death of amy Johnson, English aviator (b. 1903)  

Jan 06   Franz Hessel, writer, dies at 60 in the year 1941.  

Jan 08   In the year 1941 robert Baden-Powell, founder (Boy Scout movement), dies at 83  

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

Jan 10   Frank Bridge, English violinist/composer (Sea), dies at 61 in the year 1941.  

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