Historical Events In 1941

Nov 12   Abe "Kid Twist" Reles, NY gangster/police informer, killed on this day in history.  

Nov 12   Frank Rosenthal, rocker on this day in history.  

Nov 12   On this day in history germany's drive to take Moscow halted  

Nov 13   On this day in history british aircraft carrier "Ark Royal" sank in Mediterranean  

Nov 14   Gov-Gen Wouters of Dutch Antilles refuses Jews refugees in the year 1941.  

Nov 14   In the year 1941 hMS ARK ROYAL foundered in tow in 30 miles east of Gibraltar by 1 torpedo on the 13th from German U-81.  

Nov 15   On this day in history cow Palace opens in San Francisco  

Nov 16   German troops conquer Kertsh (probably) in the year 1941.  

Nov 17   On this day in history earnest Udet, German general/head air pioneer, commits suicide  

Nov 17   In the year 1941 virgil Thomson's 2nd Symphony, premieres  

Nov 18   In the year 1941 british troops open attack on Tobruk, North-Africa  

Nov 18   Walter H Nernst, German chemist (Nobel Prize 1920), dies at 77 in the year 1941.  

Nov 19   HMAS SYDNEY (RAN) sunk in the Indian Ocean west of Shark Bay, Western Australia by torpedoes and 5.9in gunfire of German raider 'Kormoran' on this day in history.  

Nov 20   In the year 1941 adm Nomura & Kurusu hands over Japanese last diplomatic note  

Nov 21   In the year 1941 david Porter, US songwriter (Soul Man)  

Nov 21   In the year 1941 juanita Spellini first woman executed in California  

Nov 21   Juanita Spellini, first women executed in Calif on this day in history.  

Nov 22   British cruiser Devonshire sinks German sub Atlantis in the year 1941.  

Nov 22   In the year 1941 the birth of Tom Conti, American actor  

Nov 22   In the year 1941 tom Conte (actor American Dreamer, The Norman Conquests series, The Quick and the Dead, Saving Grace)  

Nov 22   On this day in history tom Conte (actor: American Dreamer, The Norman Conquests series, The Quick and the Dead, Saving Grace)  

Nov 23   On this day in history german troops conquer Klin, at NW of Moscow  

Nov 24   On this day in history "Life Certificates" issued to some Jews of Vilna, rest exterminated  

Nov 25   German Jews in Netherlands declared stateless (lose of nationality) in the year 1941.  

Nov 25   HMS BARHAM sunk North of Sidi Barrani by 3 torpedoes from German U-331 on this day in history.  

Nov 25   Pedro Aguirre Cerda, president Chili (People's Front), dies in the year 1941.  

Nov 26   On this day in history amateur tennis champ Bobby Riggs turns pro  

Nov 26   In the year 1941 lebanon gains independence from France  

Nov 26   In the year 1941 thanksgiving Holiday delcared by FDR  

Nov 27   British 13th Army corp reaches Tobruk in the year 1941.  

Nov 27   USSR begins a counter offensive causing Germany to retreat on this day in history.  

Nov 28   German troops vacate Rostov in the year 1941.  

Nov 29   In the year 1941 29th CFL Grey Cup: Winn Blue Bombers defeat Ottawa Rough Riders, 18-16  

Nov 30   In the year 1941 101 year old Nyack-Tarrytown (NY) ferry makes it's last run  

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Jan 03   Shima Iwashita, actress (Red Lion, Hara-Kiri, Double Suicide) was born in the year 1941.  

Jan 03   Van Dyke Parks, Alabama, actor/musician (Bonino, Billy Crystal Hour) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 04   On this day in history birth of john Bennett Perry, Williamstown Mass, singer/actor (Falcon Crest)  

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 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   Hayao Miyazaki, Japanese film maker was born on this day in history.  

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   Franz Hessel, writer, dies at 60 in the year 1941.  

Jan 08   Robert Baden-Powell, founder (Boy Scout movement), dies at 83 on this day in history.  

Jan 09   Ko Boezeman, Dutch resistance fighter, dies in the year 1941.  

Jan 10   Frank Bridge, English violinist/composer (Sea), dies at 61 in the year 1941.  

Jan 11   On this day in history death of emanuel Lasker, German chess player (b. 1868)