Page 6: Historical Events In 1941

Mar 16   National Gallery of Art opens in Washington DC on this day in history.   

Mar 17   Isaak E Babel, writer, dies at 46 on this day in history.   

Mar 17   National Gallery of Art, Wash DC opens on this day in history.   

Mar 17   National Gallery of Art, Washington DC opens in the year 1941.   

Mar 19   In the year 1941 jimmy Dorsey & Orch record "Green Eyes" & "Maria Elena"   

Mar 19   Jimmy Dorsey &his Orchestraestra record "Green Eyes" &"Maria Elena" in the year 1941.   

Mar 20   In the year 1941 d A van den Bosch, anti-nazi clergyman (Amersfoort Camp), dies   

Mar 20   On this day in history nazi-German/Yugoslav pact drawn   

Mar 21   Joe Louis KOs Abe Simon in 13 for heavyweight boxing title in the year 1941.   

Mar 21   In the year 1941 robert Liefmann, German economist (Kartelle und Trusts), dies at 67   

Mar 22   Grand Coulee Dam in Washington goes into operation on this day in history.   

Mar 24   On this day in history british troops defeat British Somalia   

Mar 24   In the year 1941 german troops occupy El Agheila Libya   

Mar 24   Glenn Miller begins work on his first movie for 20th Century Fox in the year 1941.   

Mar 25   On this day in history carolina Paprika Mills in Dillon SC, incorporated   

Mar 26   HMS YORK, lost Eastern Mediterranean, in Suda Bay, north Crete - badly damaged by Italian explosive motor boats, beached and later wrecked by bombing on this day in history.   

Mar 27   Britain leases defense bases in Trinidad to US for 99 years in the year 1941.   

Mar 27   Hitler signs Directive 27 (assault on Yugoslavia) on this day in history.   

Mar 27   Yugoslavian coup gets rid of pro-German Prince Paul in the year 1941.   

Mar 28   Sea battle at Cape Matapan British fleet under Cunningham defeats Italy on this day in history.   

Mar 28   In the year 1941 sea battle at Cape Matapan: Brit fleet under Cunningham defeats Italy   

Mar 28   On this day in history sea battle at Cape Matapan: British fleet under Cunningham defeats Italy   

Mar 28   Virginia [Adeline] Woolf-Stephen, author (To Lighthouse), suicide 59 in the year 1941.   

Mar 29   1st performance of Benjamin Britten's "Symphony da Requiem" on this day in history.   

Mar 30   German counter offensive in North-Africa on this day in history.   

Mar 31   On this day in history germany begins a counter offensive in Africa   

Mar 31   Ground broken for Union Square Garage, San Francisco on this day in history.   

Apr 01   Hippolyte Delehaye, Flemish historian, dies at 81 in the year 1941.   

Apr 01   Lillian Hellman's "Watch on the Rhine," premieres in NYC in the year 1941.   

Apr 01   Navy takes over Treasure Island (SF Bay) on this day in history.   

Apr 02   On this day in history german occupier disallows Dutch scouting assn   

Apr 02   Paul Teleki, premier Hungary, dies in the year 1941.   

Apr 03   On this day in history andre Michelin, French tire manufacturer, dies at 88   

Apr 03   British troops evacuate Libyan port Bengazi during World War II on this day in history.   

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

Jan 03   On this day in history 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   On this day in history 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   On this day in history 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 in the year 1941.   

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 in the year 1941.   

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

Jan 08   In the year 1941 robert Baden-Powell, founder (Boy Scout movement), dies at 83   

Jan 09   Ko Boezeman, Dutch resistance fighter, dies on this day in history.   

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 on this day in history.