Page 17: Historical Events In 1941

Oct 09   A coup in Panama declares Ricardo Adolfo de la Guardia Arango the new president.   

Oct 10   German U-boat torpedoes US destroyer Kearney   

Oct 10   The resienstadt ghetto in Czechoslovakia is established   

Oct 11   1st NSB-battalion departures to Eastern front.   

Oct 12   Germans approach Moscow, partial evacuation of the city.   

Oct 12   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.   

Oct 13   Nazi's kill 11000 Jewish children/old people   

Oct 14   1st mass deportation of Kowno, Lodz, Minsk and Riga.   

Oct 15   1st mass deportation of German Jews to Eastern Europe.   

Oct 15   Jews caught outside the Polish Ghetto walls could be put to death.   

Oct 16   "Gordo" comic strip (by Gus Arriola) 1st appears in newspapers   

Oct 16   "Gordo" comic strip inaugural appears in newspapers.   

Oct 16   General Hideki Tojo takes over as Japanese Premier   

Oct 16   Germany advances within 60 miles of Moscow   

Oct 17   1st US destroyer (Kearney) torpedoed in WW II, off Iceland.   

Oct 17   inaugural US destroyer (Kearney) torpedoed in WW II, off Iceland.   

Oct 17   John S Plaskett, Canadian astronomer (Plaskett's twins), dies.   

Oct 18   Dirk Fock, governor-general van/of Neth-Indies 1921-6, dies at 83   

Oct 18   Spy Richard Sorge arrested in Tokyo   

Oct 19   1st woman jockey in North America, Anna Lee Wiley in Mexico   

Oct 20   Ken Farnes (WWII) 15 Tests for England, cricketer (60 wickets), dies.   

Oct 20   Nazi occupiers murder 500 inhabitants of Kragujevac Serbia   

Oct 21   Marina Ripa, Rome Italy, countess/writer (My inaugural 40 Years)   

Oct 22   Maxwell Anderson's "Candle in the Wind," premieres in NYC.   

Oct 23   Colin Milburn, cricketer (England bat whose career was cut short).   

Oct 23   Walt Disney's "Dumbo" released.   

Oct 25   16000 Jews massacred in Odessa Ukraine   

Oct 26   2nd meeting partisans Tito and Draza Mihailovic in Yugoslavia   

Oct 26   US savings bonds go on sale   

Oct 27   An editorial in the Chicago Daily Tribune downplays the possibility of a US war with Japan, stating "Even our base at Hawaii is beyond the effective power of her fleet.".   

Oct 27   Chicago Daily Tribune editorialize there will not be war with Japan.   

Oct 29   Brian Yuile, cricketer (NZ slow left-armer took 34 wkts in 17 Tests).   

Oct 29   Cole Porters musical "Let's Face It," premieres in NYC.   

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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)