Historical Events In 1941

Nov 12   Abe "Kid Twist" Reles, NY gangster/police informer, killed in the year 1941.  

Nov 12   Frank Rosenthal, rocker in the year 1941.  

Nov 12   Germany's drive to take Moscow halted on this day in history.  

Nov 13   British aircraft carrier "Ark Royal" sank in Mediterranean on this day in history.  

Nov 14   On this day in history gov-Gen Wouters of Dutch Antilles refuses Jews refugees  

Nov 14   HMS ARK ROYAL foundered in tow in 30 miles east of Gibraltar by 1 torpedo on the 13th from German U-81 on this day in history.  

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

Nov 16   On this day in history german troops conquer Kertsh (probably)  

Nov 17   Earnest Udet, German general/head air pioneer, commits suicide on this day in history.  

Nov 17   On this day in history 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 on this day in history.  

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

Nov 20   On this day in history adm Nomura & Kurusu hands over Japanese last diplomatic note  

Nov 21   On this day in history david Porter, US songwriter (Soul Man)  

Nov 21   Juanita Spellini first woman executed in California in the year 1941.  

Nov 21   On this day in history juanita Spellini, first women executed in Calif  

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

Nov 22   The birth of Tom Conti, American actor in the year 1941.  

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

Nov 22   Tom Conte (actor: American Dreamer, The Norman Conquests series, The Quick and the Dead, Saving Grace) in the year 1941.  

Nov 23   German troops conquer Klin, at NW of Moscow on this day in history.  

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

Nov 25   On this day in history german Jews in Netherlands declared stateless (lose of nationality)  

Nov 25   In the year 1941 hMS BARHAM sunk North of Sidi Barrani by 3 torpedoes from German U-331.  

Nov 25   In the year 1941 pedro Aguirre Cerda, president Chili (People's Front), dies  

Nov 26   Amateur tennis champ Bobby Riggs turns pro on this day in history.  

Nov 26   Lebanon gains independence from France on this day in history.  

Nov 26   On this day in history thanksgiving Holiday delcared by FDR  

Nov 27   In the year 1941 british 13th Army corp reaches Tobruk  

Nov 27   USSR begins a counter offensive causing Germany to retreat in the year 1941.  

Nov 28   In the year 1941 german troops vacate Rostov  

Nov 29   On this day in history 29th CFL Grey Cup: Winn Blue Bombers defeat Ottawa Rough Riders, 18-16  

Nov 30   101 year old Nyack-Tarrytown (NY) ferry makes it's last run on this day in history.  

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

Jan 03   In the year 1941 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 in the year 1941.  

Jan 04   In the year 1941 birth of maureen Reagan, 1st daughter (Ronald Reagan)  

Jan 05   Bob Cunis, cricketer (New Zealand pace bowler of the late 60's) was born in the year 1941.  

Jan 05   On this day in history birth of grady Thomas, US rock vocalist (Parliaments, Funkadelic, Maggot Brain)  

Jan 05   In the year 1941 birth of mansur Ali Khan, cricketer (Nawab of Pataudi, Indian batsman & capt)  

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

Jan 02   In the year 1941 mischa Levitzki, composer, dies at 42  

Jan 04   Henri Bergson, French philosopher (Le Rire, Nobel 1928), dies at 81 in the year 1941.  

Jan 05   In the year 1941 death of amy Johnson, English aviator (b. 1903)  

Jan 06   In the year 1941 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   On this day in history frank Bridge, English violinist/composer (Sea), dies at 61  

Jan 11   In the year 1941 death of emanuel Lasker, German chess player (b. 1868)