Page 5: Historical Events In 1941

Mar 05   Ludwig Quidde, German historian/politician (Nobel 1927), dies at 82   

Mar 06   Gutzon Borglum, sculptor (Mt Rushmore), dies at 73   

Mar 07   3rd largest snowfall in New York NY history (18.1")   

Mar 07   3rd largest snowfall in NYC history (18.1")   

Mar 07   50000 British soldiers land in Greece but do not stay long.   

Mar 07   Arnold Schering, German musicologist, dies at 63   

Mar 07   British House of Commons votes for Churchill (477-3).   

Mar 07   British troops invade Abyssinia (Ethiopia)   

Mar 07   Cornerstone of Bank of America building at 300 Montgomery laid   

Mar 07   Glenn Miller records "Chattanooga Choo Choo" for RCA.   

Mar 08   1st baseball player drafted into WW II (Hugh Mulcahy, Phillies)   

Mar 08   Jose Serrano Simeon, composer, dies at 67   

Mar 09   Carlos Pedrell, composer, dies at 62.   

Mar 10   Lee MacPhail, Dodger GM predicts all players will wear batting helmets.   

Mar 11   Bronko Nagurski beats Ray Steele in Minn, to become wrestling champ   

Mar 11   Bronko Nagurski beats Ray Steele in Minnesota, to become wrestling champion   

Mar 11   FDR signs Lend-Lease Bill (lend money to Britain).   

Mar 11   Walford Davies, British organist/composer, dies at 71.   

Mar 12   Charles Sanford Skilton, composer, dies at 72   

Mar 12   German occupiers confiscate AVRO studios in Netherlands.   

Mar 13   A Bougne forms AGRA (Amis du Grand Reich Allemand)   

Mar 13   A Coenradi, Dutch resistance fighter, executed.   

Mar 14   Nazi occupiers of Holland forbid Jewish owned companies.   

Mar 14   Xavier Cugat and his Orchestraestra record "Babalu"   

Mar 15   Blizzard in ND results in the deaths of 151   

Mar 15   Blizzard in North Dakota results in the deaths of 151.   

Mar 16   Blizzard hits North Dakota and Minnesota killing 60.   

Mar 16   Dmitri Shostakovitch receives the Stalin Prize   

Mar 16   John Murray, Canada oceanographer (Challenger), dies at 73.   

Mar 16   National Gallery of Art opens in Washington DC.   

Mar 17   Isaak E Babel, writer, dies at 46.   

Mar 17   National Gallery of Art, Wash DC opens.   

Mar 17   National Gallery of Art, Washington DC opens   

Mar 19   Jimmy Dorsey and his Orchestraestra record "Green Eyes" and "Maria Elena"   

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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)