Page 13: Historical Events In 1941

Jun 30   In the year 1941 hMAS Waterhen sunk on Tobruk run   

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

Jul 07   In the year 1941 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 in the year 1941.   

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 in the year 1941.   

Jul 08   In the year 1941 philippe Gaubert, composer, dies at 62   

Jul 10   Ferdinand "Jelly Roll" Morton pioneer jazz pianist, dies at 56 in LA on this day in history.   

Jul 10   In the year 1941 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   On this day in history 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   In the year 1941 6,000 Lithuanian Jews are exterminated at Viszalsyan Camp   

Jul 15   Florey & Heatley present freeze dried mold cultures (Pencillin) on this day in history.   

Jul 15   Florey & Heatley present freeze dried mold cultures (Penicillin) on this day in history.   

Jul 16   100ø F (38ø C) highest temperature ever recorded in Seattle Wash on this day in history.   

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   On this day in history 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   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   In the year 1941 birth of john Bennett Perry, Williamstown Mass, singer/actor (Falcon Crest)   

Jan 04   On this day in history 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 in the year 1941.   

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   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   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 on this day in history.   

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 on this day in history.