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 on this day in history.  

Dec 01   Horace Chapman, cricketer (2 Tests for S Africa, 39 runs, 1 wkt), dies in the year 1941.  

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 on this day in history.  

Dec 02   On this day in history paul C W Chu, China, physicist (superconductivity)  

Dec 03   Hitler views Poltava Ukraine in the year 1941.  

Dec 03   Johann Christian August Sinding, composer, dies at 85 on this day in history.  

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

Dec 05   David Wilson, English contractor/multi-millionaire in the year 1941.  

Dec 05   Football Writers Association of America organized on this day in history.  

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   On this day in history dutch & British pilots see Japanese invasion fleet at Singapore  

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

Dec 07   In the year 1941 australian bombers land on Timor/Ambon  

Dec 07   Cecil Forsyth, composer, dies at 71 on this day in history.  

Dec 07   On this day in history hMCS Windflower (Corvette) lost in a collision  

Dec 07   Japanese attack Pearl Harbor (a date that will live in infamy) first Japanese submarine sunk by a US ship (USS Ward) on this day in history.  

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 on this day in history.  

Dec 08   Destruction Camp Chelmo opens in the year 1941.  

Dec 08   US declares war on Japan in the year 1941.  

Dec 08   On this day in history uSS Wake (PR-3), a river gunboat moored at Shanghai, is only U.S. vessel to surrender during World War II.  

Dec 09   On this day in history 1st US WW II bombing mission in Far East, Luzon, Philippines  

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

Dec 09   Citizen Register reports "Hostile planes reported nearing Westchester" in the year 1941.  

Dec 09   On this day in history leonard "Leo" Polak, Dutch philosopher, dies in Sachsenhausen at 61  

Dec 09   On this day in history the first US WW II bombing mission in the Far East, Luzon, Philippines  

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

Dec 11   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 on this day in history.  

Dec 11   Dutch government in London declares war on Italy in the year 1941.  

Dec 11   Germany and Italy declare war on US on this day in history.  

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Jan 03   Shima Iwashita, actress (Red Lion, Hara-Kiri, Double Suicide) was born in the year 1941.  

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

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   On this day in history 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   Mansur Ali Khan, cricketer (Nawab of Pataudi, Indian batsman & capt) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 05   Hayao Miyazaki, Japanese film maker was born in the year 1941.  

Jan 02   On this day in history mischa Levitzki, composer, dies at 42  

Jan 04   In the year 1941 henri Bergson, French philosopher (Le Rire, Nobel 1928), dies at 81  

Jan 05   On this day in history death of amy Johnson, English aviator (b. 1903)  

Jan 06   Franz Hessel, writer, dies at 60 in the year 1941.  

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

Jan 09   In the year 1941 ko Boezeman, Dutch resistance fighter, dies  

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

Jan 11   Emanuel Lasker, German chess player (b. 1868) died in the year 1941.