Page 2: Historical Events In 1941

Jan 16   US vice admiral Bellinger warns of an assault on Pearl Harbor on this day in history.   

Jan 16   In the year 1941 war Department forms first Army Air Corps squadron for black cadets   

Jan 17   Jose Leite de Vasconcelos, Portuguese scholar (Etnografia), dies at 82 in the year 1941.   

Jan 17   On this day in history kuomintang forces under orders from Chiang Kai-Shek open fire at communist forces, resuming the Chinese Civil War after World War II.   

Jan 19   British offensive in Eritrea on this day in history.   

Jan 19   In the year 1941 british troops occupy Kassalaf Sudan   

Jan 20   Bela Bartok's 6th string quartet, premieres in NYC in the year 1941.   

Jan 21   In the year 1941 1st anti-Jewish measures in Bulgaria   

Jan 21   Anti-Jewish riots take place in Rumania. Gangs of Rumanian Legionnaires hunt for Jews, loot and beat Jews in the street, desecrate 25 synagogues, destroy hundreds of homes and shops, and butcher hundreds of Jews on this day in history.   

Jan 21   Australia & Britain attack Tobruk Libya on this day in history.   

Jan 21   British communist newspaper "Daily Worker" banned in the year 1941.   

Jan 21   In the year 1941 the birth of Placido Domingo, Spanish tenor   

Jan 21   In the year 1941 the first anti-Jewish measures in Bulgaria   

Jan 21   On this day in history the first commercial extraction of magnesium from seawater, Freeport TX   

Jan 22   1st mass killing of Jews in Romania on this day in history.   

Jan 22   On this day in history tobruk, North Africa, is captured by Australian troops   

Jan 23   On this day in history dobri Khristov, composer, dies at 65   

Jan 23   German prisoner of war Franz von Werra escapes from a train and makes it back to Germany, only to die in action a year later; the only German POW to make a successful escape in Canada in the year 1941.   

Jan 23   Ground breaking for NACA (now NASA) Lewis Research Center in the year 1941.   

Jan 24   British troops march into Abyssinia in the year 1941.   

Jan 24   In the year 1941 the birth of Neil Diamond, American singer/songwriter   

Jan 25   In the year 1941 pope Pius XII elevates the Apostolic Vicariate of the Hawaiian Islands to the dignity of a diocese. It becomes the Roman Catholic Diocese of Honolulu.   

Jan 27   Iver Paul Fredrik Holter, composer, dies at 90 in the year 1941.   

Jan 27   Peruvian agent Rivera-Schreibér warns of Japanese assault on Pearl Harbor on this day in history.   

Jan 27   On this day in history peruvian agent Rivera-Schreiber warns of Japanese assault on Pearl Harbor   

Jan 28   French-Thai War: Final air battle of the conflict. Japanese-mediated armistice goes into effect later in the day in the year 1941.   

Jan 29   Ioannis Metaxas, Greek gen/dictator (1936-41), commits suicide at 69 in the year 1941.   

Jan 30   Australian troops conquer Derna Libya on this day in history.   

Jan 31   On this day in history 21 U boats sunk this month (127,000 ton)   

Jan 31   Anti-German demonstration in Haarlem Netherlands on this day in history.   

Jan 31   On this day in history joe Louis KOs Red Burman in 5 for heavyweight boxing title   

Feb 01   On this day in history uS female Figure Skating championship won by Jane Vaughn   

Feb 01   In the year 1941 uS male Figure Skating championship won by Eugene Turner   

Feb 02   Johannes Schlaf, writer, dies at 78 in the year 1941.   

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

Jan 03   Van Dyke Parks, Alabama, actor/musician (Bonino, Billy Crystal Hour) was born in the year 1941.   

Jan 04   In the year 1941 birth of john Bennett Perry, Williamstown Mass, singer/actor (Falcon Crest)   

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   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   Amy Johnson, English aviator (b. 1903) died on this day in history.   

Jan 06   Franz Hessel, writer, dies at 60 on this day in history.   

Jan 08   In the year 1941 robert Baden-Powell, founder (Boy Scout movement), dies at 83   

Jan 09   Ko Boezeman, Dutch resistance fighter, dies on this day in history.   

Jan 10   In the year 1941 frank Bridge, English violinist/composer (Sea), dies at 61   

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