Historical Events In 1941

Nov 30   101 year old Nyack-Tarrytown (NY) ferry makes its last run in the year 1941.  

Dec 01   British cruiser Devonshire sinks German sub Python in the year 1941.  

Dec 01   On this day in history horace Chapman, cricketer (2 Tests for S Africa, 39 runs, 1 wkt), dies  

Dec 01   US Civil Air Patrol (CAP) organizes on this day in history.  

Dec 02   Largest roller skating rink (outside of NYC) opens in Peekskill NY in the year 1941.  

Dec 02   Paul C W Chu, China, physicist (superconductivity) on this day in history.  

Dec 03   In the year 1941 hitler views Poltava Ukraine  

Dec 03   Johann Christian August Sinding, composer, dies at 85 in the year 1941.  

Dec 04   On this day in history nazi ordinances places Jews of Poland outside protection of courts  

Dec 05   In the year 1941 david Wilson, English contractor/multi-millionaire  

Dec 05   Football Writers Association of America organized in the year 1941.  

Dec 05   On this day in history uSS Lexington (CV-2) sails with Task Force 12 to ferry Marine aircraft to Midway, leaving no carriers at Pearl Harbor.  

Dec 06   Dutch & British pilots see Japanese invasion fleet at Singapore in the year 1941.  

Dec 06   In the year 1941 nYC Council agrees to build Idlewild (Kennedy) Airport in Queens  

Dec 07   Australian bombers land on Timor/Ambon in the year 1941.  

Dec 07   Cecil Forsyth, composer, dies at 71 in the year 1941.  

Dec 07   HMCS Windflower (Corvette) lost in a collision in the year 1941.  

Dec 07   Japanese attack Pearl Harbor (a date that will live in infamy) first Japanese submarine sunk by a US ship (USS Ward) in the year 1941.  

Dec 07   Pearl Harbour attacked without a declaration of war by Japanese aircraft, sinking much of the US fleet on this day in history.  

Dec 08   As a result of the attack on Pearl Harbour, Britain, the United States and Australia declare war on Japan in the year 1941.  

Dec 08   Destruction Camp Chelmo opens on this day in history.  

Dec 08   In the year 1941 uS declares war on Japan.  

Dec 08   USS Wake (PR-3), a river gunboat moored at Shanghai, is only U.S. vessel to surrender during World War II in the year 1941.  

Dec 09   1st US WW II bombing mission in Far East, Luzon, Philippines in the year 1941.  

Dec 09   China declares war on Japan, Germany and Italy in the year 1941.  

Dec 09   Citizen Register reports "Hostile planes reported nearing Westchester" on this day in history.  

Dec 09   In the year 1941 leonard "Leo" Polak, Dutch philosopher, dies in Sachsenhausen at 61  

Dec 09   In the year 1941 the first US WW II bombing mission in the Far East, Luzon, Philippines  

Dec 10   In the year 1941 british battleship Prince of Wales sinks off Singapore  

Dec 10   HMS PRINCE OF WALES sunk off Kuantan, Malaya in the South China Sea as many as 5 or 6 torpedoes from Japanese Navy land-based aircraft (Nells and Bettys).Of the crew of 1,612 327 were lost on this day in history.  

Dec 10   On this day in history hMS REPULSE sunk with HMS PRince of Wales but hit by 5 torpedoes. Destroyers rescued 1,285 officers and men  

Dec 11   In the year 1941 buick lowered its prices to reflect the absence of spare tires or inner tubes from its new cars. Widespread shortages caused by World War II had led to many quotas and laws designed to conserve America's resources  

Dec 11   Dutch government in London declares war on Italy on this day in history.  

Dec 11   In the year 1941 germany and Italy declare war on US  

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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   Maureen Reagan, 1st daughter (Ronald Reagan) was born in the year 1941.  

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

Jan 05   Grady Thomas, US rock vocalist (Parliaments, Funkadelic, Maggot Brain) was born in the year 1941.  

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

Jan 05   Hayao Miyazaki, Japanese film maker was born on this day in history.  

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   On this day in history death of amy Johnson, English aviator (b. 1903)  

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

Jan 08   On this day in history robert Baden-Powell, founder (Boy Scout movement), dies at 83  

Jan 09   Ko Boezeman, Dutch resistance fighter, dies in the year 1941.  

Jan 10   Frank Bridge, English violinist/composer (Sea), dies at 61 on this day in history.  

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