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 in the year 1941.   

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   1st anti-Jewish measures in Bulgaria on this day in history.   

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 in the year 1941.   

Jan 21   Australia & Britain attack Tobruk Libya in the year 1941.   

Jan 21   On this day in history british communist newspaper "Daily Worker" banned   

Jan 21   The birth of Placido Domingo, Spanish tenor on this day in history.   

Jan 21   The first anti-Jewish measures in Bulgaria on this day in history.   

Jan 21   The first commercial extraction of magnesium from seawater, Freeport TX in the year 1941.   

Jan 22   1st mass killing of Jews in Romania in the year 1941.   

Jan 22   Tobruk, North Africa, is captured by Australian troops in the year 1941.   

Jan 23   Dobri Khristov, composer, dies at 65 in the year 1941.   

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 on this day in history.   

Jan 23   Ground breaking for NACA (now NASA) Lewis Research Center on this day in history.   

Jan 24   On this day in history british troops march into Abyssinia   

Jan 24   The birth of Neil Diamond, American singer/songwriter in the year 1941.   

Jan 25   On this day in history 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 on this day in history.   

Jan 27   In the year 1941 peruvian agent Rivera-Schreibér warns of Japanese assault on Pearl Harbor   

Jan 27   Peruvian agent Rivera-Schreiber warns of Japanese assault on Pearl Harbor in the year 1941.   

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

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

Jan 30   In the year 1941 australian troops conquer Derna Libya   

Jan 31   In the year 1941 21 U boats sunk this month (127,000 ton)   

Jan 31   In the year 1941 anti-German demonstration in Haarlem Netherlands   

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

Feb 01   US female Figure Skating championship won by Jane Vaughn on this day in history.   

Feb 01   On this day in history uS male Figure Skating championship won by Eugene Turner   

Feb 02   On this day in history johannes Schlaf, writer, dies at 78   

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Jan 03   On this day in history birth of shima Iwashita, actress (Red Lion, Hara-Kiri, Double Suicide)   

Jan 03   In the year 1941 birth of van Dyke Parks, Alabama, actor/musician (Bonino, Billy Crystal Hour)   

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

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

Jan 05   In the year 1941 birth of bob Cunis, cricketer (New Zealand pace bowler of the late 60's)   

Jan 05   In the year 1941 birth of grady Thomas, US rock vocalist (Parliaments, Funkadelic, Maggot Brain)   

Jan 05   On this day in history birth of mansur Ali Khan, cricketer (Nawab of Pataudi, Indian batsman & capt)   

Jan 05   On this day in history birth of hayao Miyazaki, Japanese film maker   

Jan 02   On this day in history 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   Amy Johnson, English aviator (b. 1903) died on this day in history.   

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   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   Emanuel Lasker, German chess player (b. 1868) died on this day in history.