Page 16: Historical Events In 1941

Sep 15   Nazis kill 800 Jewish women at Shkudvil Lithuania.   

Sep 16   German armour troops surround Kiev Ukraine.   

Sep 17   Cards' Stan Musial makes his major league debut, going 2-for-4.   

Sep 18   Clive Burton, neuropathologist.   

Sep 19   1st meeting of partizans Tito and Draza Mihailovic in Yugoslavia.   

Sep 19   HMCS Levis (Corvette) torpedoed   

Sep 21   US launches its 1st Liberty-ship, "Patrick Henry".   

Sep 22   British signal officer Bill Hudson lands in Montenegro.   

Sep 23   General de Gaulle forms govt in exile in London   

Sep 23   inaugural gassing experiments are made at Auschwitz.   

Sep 24   9 Allied govts pledged adherence to Atlantic Charter   

Sep 24   Nine Allied governments pledge adherence to the common principles of policy set forth in the Atlantic Charter   

Sep 25   Brooklyn Dodgers win their 1st pennant in 21 years   

Sep 26   Nazi's slaughter about 34000 Jews of Kiev.   

Sep 27   1st WW II liberty ship, freighter Patrick Henry, launched   

Sep 27   33771 Jews are killed by Germans and Ukranians at Babi Yar outside Kiev.   

Sep 27   inaugural WW II liberty ship, freighter Patrick Henry, launched.   

Sep 28   Phillies lose club record 111th game   

Sep 29   Friedrich Angel, German mathematician (group theory), dies at 79   

Sep 29   Heavyweight Champ Joe Louis KOs Lou Nova in 6.   

Sep 29   Joe Louis TKOs Lou Nova in 6 for heavyweight boxing title   

Sep 30   3721 Jews are buried alive at Babi Yar ravine (near Kiev) Ukraine.   

Oct 02   6 Paris synagogues are bombed by Gestapo   

Oct 02   6 Parisian synagogues are bombed   

Oct 03   Adolf Hitler says Russia is "broken" and would "never rise again".   

Oct 03   Chubby Checker, American rock singer is born   

Oct 03   Wilhelm Kienzl, Austria composer (Kuhreigen), dies at 84.   

Oct 05   Louis D Brandeis, 1st Jewish Supreme Court Judge (1916-39), dies at 84.   

Oct 05   Mickey Owens drops a 3rd strike, Tom Hendrick reaches 1st safely.   

Oct 05   Supreme Court Justice Louis D. Brandeis dies.   

Oct 06   German army occupies Briansk, USSR   

Oct 07   German army occupies Viarma, USSR   

Oct 08   Concentration camp Birkenau begins being built.   

Oct 08   Jesse Jackson, American civic leader and clergyman is born   

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Jan 03   Shima iwashita: Actress (red lion, hara-kiri, double suicide)   

Jan 03   Van dyke parks: Alabama, actor/musician (bonino, billy crystal hour)   

Jan 04   John bennett perry: Williamstown mass, singer/actor (falcon crest)   

Jan 04   Maureen reagan: 1st daughter (ronald reagan)   

Jan 05   Bob cunis: Cricketer (new zealand pace bowler of the late 60's)   

Jan 05   Grady thomas: Us rock vocalist (parliaments, funkadelic, maggot brain)   

Jan 05   Mansur ali khan: Cricketer (nawab of pataudi, indian batsman & capt)   

Jan 05   Hayao miyazaki: Japanese film maker   

Jan 02   Mischa levitzki: Composer,    

Jan 04   Henri bergson: French philosopher (le rire, nobel 1928),    

Jan 05   Amy johnson: English aviator (b. 1903)   

Jan 06   Franz hessel: Writer,   

Jan 08   Robert baden-powell: Founder (boy scout movement),    

Jan 09   Ko boezeman: Dutch resistance fighter,   

Jan 10   Frank bridge: English violinist/composer (sea),   

Jan 11   Emanuel lasker: German chess player (b. 1868)