Page 2: Historical Events In 1941

Jan 16   War Department forms inaugural Army Air Corps squadron for black cadets.   

Jan 17   Jose Leite de Vasconcelos, Portuguese scholar (Etnografia), dies at 82   

Jan 17   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.   

Jan 19   British troops occupy Kassalaf Sudan.   

Jan 20   Bela Bartok's 6th string quartet, premieres in NYC   

Jan 21   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.   

Jan 21   Australia and Britain attack Tobruk Libya.   

Jan 21   British communist newspaper "Daily Worker" banned.   

Jan 21   Placido Domingo, Spanish tenor is born   

Jan 21   The inaugural anti-Jewish measures in Bulgaria   

Jan 21   The inaugural commercial extraction of magnesium from seawater, Freeport TX   

Jan 22   1st mass killing of Jews in Romania.   

Jan 22   Tobruk, North Africa, is captured by Australian troops.   

Jan 23   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   

Jan 23   Ground breaking for NACA (now NASA) Lewis Research Center   

Jan 24   British troops march into Abyssinia   

Jan 24   Neil Diamond, American singer/songwriter is born   

Jan 25   Pope Pius XII elevates the Apostolic Vicariate of the Hawaiian Islands to the dignity of a diocese. It is recorded as becoming the Roman Catholic Diocese of Honolulu   

Jan 27   Iver Paul Fredrik Holter, composer, dies at 90.   

Jan 27   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 comes into force later in the day   

Jan 29   Ioannis Metaxas, Greek gen/dictator (1936-41), commits suicide at 69   

Jan 30   Australian troops conquer Derna Libya   

Jan 31   21 U boats sunk this month (127000 ton)   

Jan 31   Anti-German demonstration in Haarlem Netherlands.   

Jan 31   Joe Louis KOs Red Burman in 5 for heavyweight boxing title   

Feb 01   US female Figure Skating championship won by Jane Vaughn   

Feb 01   US male Figure Skating championship won by Eugene Turner   

Feb 02   Johannes Schlaf, writer, dies at 78.   

Feb 03   Supreme Court upheld Federal Wage and Hour law, sets min wages and max hrs   

Feb 03   Supreme Court upheld Federal Wage and Hour law, sets minimum wages and maximum hours   

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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)