Page 19: Historical Events In 1941

Nov 21   Juanita Spellini, inaugural women executed in Calif   

Nov 22   British cruiser Devonshire sinks German sub Atlantis   

Nov 22   Tom Conte (actor American Dreamer, The Norman Conquests series, The Quick and the Dead, Saving Grace).   

Nov 22   Tom Conti, American actor is born.   

Nov 23   German troops conquer Klin, at NW of Moscow.   

Nov 24   "Life Certificates" issued to some Jews of Vilna, rest exterminated   

Nov 25   German Jews in Netherlands declared stateless (lose of nationality)   

Nov 25   HMS BARHAM sunk North of Sidi Barrani by 3 torpedoes from German U-331.   

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

Nov 26   Amateur tennis champ Bobby Riggs turns pro   

Nov 26   Lebanon gains independence from France   

Nov 26   Thanksgiving Holiday delcared by FDR.   

Nov 27   British 13th Army corp reaches Tobruk.   

Nov 27   USSR begins a counter offensive causing Germany to retreat   

Nov 28   German troops vacate Rostov   

Nov 29   29th CFL Grey Cup: Winn Blue Bombers defeat Ottawa Rough Riders, 18-16.   

Nov 30   101 year old Nyack-Tarrytown (NY) ferry makes its last run.   

Dec 01   British cruiser Devonshire sinks German sub Python   

Dec 01   Horace Chapman, cricketer (2 Tests for S Africa, 39 runs, 1 wkt), dies.   

Dec 01   US Civil Air Patrol (CAP) organizes.   

Dec 02   Largest roller skating rink (outside of NYC) opens in Peekskill NY   

Dec 02   Paul C W Chu, China, physicist (superconductivity).   

Dec 03   Hitler views Poltava Ukraine.   

Dec 03   Johann Christian August Sinding, composer, dies at 85   

Dec 04   Nazi ordinances places Jews of Poland outside protection of courts   

Dec 05   David Wilson, English contractor/multi-millionaire.   

Dec 05   Football Writers Association of America organized.   

Dec 05   USS Lexington (CV-2) sails with Task Force 12 to ferry Marine aircraft to Midway, leaving no carriers at Pearl Harbor.   

Dec 06   Dutch and British pilots see Japanese invasion fleet at Singapore   

Dec 06   NYC Council agrees to build Idlewild (Kennedy) Airport in Queens   

Dec 07   Australian bombers land on Timor/Ambon   

Dec 07   Cecil Forsyth, composer, dies at 71   

Dec 07   HMCS Windflower (Corvette) lost in a collision   

Dec 07   Japanese attack Pearl Harbor (a date that will live in infamy) inaugural Japanese submarine sunk by a US ship (USS Ward).   

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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)