Historical Events In 1941

Sep 29   In the year 1941 joe Louis TKOs Lou Nova in 6 for heavyweight boxing title  

Sep 30   3,721 Jews are buried alive at Babi Yar ravine (near Kiev) Ukraine on this day in history.  

Sep 30   On this day in history 3,721 Jews are buried alive at Babi Yarravine (near Kiev) Ukraine  

Oct 02   In the year 1941 6 Paris synagogues are bombed by Gestapo  

Oct 02   6 Parisian synagogues are bombed on this day in history.  

Oct 03   Adolf Hitler says Russia is "broken" & would "never rise again" on this day in history.  

Oct 03   The birth of Chubby Checker, American rock singer in the year 1941.  

Oct 03   Wilhelm Kienzl, Austria composer (Kuhreigen), dies at 84 on this day in history.  

Oct 05   On this day in history louis D Brandeis, 1st Jewish Supreme Court Judge (1916-39), dies at 84  

Oct 05   In the year 1941 mickey Owens drops a 3rd strike, Tom Hendrick reaches 1st safely  

Oct 05   Supreme Court Justice Louis D. Brandeis dies on this day in history.  

Oct 06   On this day in history german army occupies Briansk, USSR  

Oct 07   German army occupies Viarma, USSR on this day in history.  

Oct 08   Concentration camp Birkenau begins being built on this day in history.  

Oct 08   On this day in history the birth of Jesse Jackson, American civic leader and clergyman  

Oct 09   In the year 1941 a coup in Panama declares Ricardo Adolfo de la Guardia Arango the new president.  

Oct 10   German U-boat torpedoes US destroyer Kearney on this day in history.  

Oct 10   On this day in history the resienstadt ghetto in Czechoslovakia is established.  

Oct 11   1st NSB-battalion departures to Eastern front in the year 1941.  

Oct 12   Germans approach Moscow, partial evacuation of the city on this day in history.  

Oct 12   In the year 1941 russian govt moves from Moscow to Volga as Nazis close in on Moscow  

Oct 13   GJ Berenschot, general/supreme commander Dutch East Indies army, dies in the year 1941.  

Oct 13   On this day in history nazi's kill 11,000 Jewish children/old people  

Oct 14   In the year 1941 1st mass deportation of Kowno, Lodz, Minsk & Riga  

Oct 15   1st mass deportation of German Jews to Eastern Europe in the year 1941.  

Oct 15   In the year 1941 jews caught outside the Polish Ghetto walls could be put to death  

Oct 16   "Gordo" comic strip (by Gus Arriola) 1st appears in newspapers on this day in history.  

Oct 16   On this day in history "Gordo" comic strip first appears in newspapers  

Oct 16   General Hideki Tojo takes over as Japanese Premier on this day in history.  

Oct 16   In the year 1941 germany advances within 60 miles of Moscow  

Oct 17   In the year 1941 1st US destroyer (Kearney) torpedoed in WW II, off Iceland  

Oct 17   First US destroyer (Kearney) torpedoed in WW II, off Iceland on this day in history.  

Oct 17   John S Plaskett, Canadian astronomer (Plaskett's twins), dies on this day in history.  

Oct 18   In the year 1941 dirk Fock, governor-general van/of Neth-Indies 1921-6, dies at 83  

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Jan 03   Shima Iwashita, actress (Red Lion, Hara-Kiri, Double Suicide) was born on this day in history.  

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   On this day in history birth of maureen Reagan, 1st daughter (Ronald Reagan)  

Jan 05   Bob Cunis, cricketer (New Zealand pace bowler of the late 60's) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 05   In the year 1941 birth of grady Thomas, US rock vocalist (Parliaments, Funkadelic, Maggot Brain)  

Jan 05   Mansur Ali Khan, cricketer (Nawab of Pataudi, Indian batsman & capt) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 05   In the year 1941 birth of hayao Miyazaki, Japanese film maker  

Jan 02   On this day in history mischa Levitzki, composer, dies at 42  

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   Robert Baden-Powell, founder (Boy Scout movement), dies at 83 on this day in history.  

Jan 09   In the year 1941 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 on this day in history.