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

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

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   On this day in history german occupiers disband political parties  

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

Jul 06   On this day in history nY Yankees unveil a monument to Lou Gehrig in centerfield  

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

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 in the year 1941.  

Jul 07   On this day in history united States armed forces arrive in Iceland  

Jul 08   In the year 1941 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   On this day in history 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   In the year 1941 joseph Whipp, American actor  

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

Jul 16   On this day in history 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   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   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   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 in the year 1941.  

Jan 04   Maureen Reagan, 1st daughter (Ronald Reagan) was born in the year 1941.  

Jan 05   Bob Cunis, cricketer (New Zealand pace bowler of the late 60's) was born in the year 1941.  

Jan 05   In the year 1941 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   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   In the year 1941 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 in the year 1941.  

Jan 08   Robert Baden-Powell, founder (Boy Scout movement), dies at 83 in the year 1941.  

Jan 09   Ko Boezeman, Dutch resistance fighter, dies on this day in history.  

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 on this day in history.