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   Jimmy Dorsey & Orch record "Green Eyes" & "Maria Elena" on this day in history.   

Mar 19   On this day in history jimmy Dorsey &his Orchestraestra record "Green Eyes" &"Maria Elena"   

Mar 20   On this day in history 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   On this day in history joe Louis KOs Abe Simon in 13 for heavyweight boxing title   

Mar 21   Robert Liefmann, German economist (Kartelle und Trusts), dies at 67 on this day in history.   

Mar 22   On this day in history grand Coulee Dam in Washington goes into operation   

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

Mar 24   German troops occupy El Agheila Libya in the year 1941.   

Mar 24   Glenn Miller begins work on his first movie for 20th Century Fox on this day in history.   

Mar 25   Carolina Paprika Mills in Dillon SC, incorporated on this day in history.   

Mar 26   In the year 1941 hMS YORK, lost Eastern Mediterranean, in Suda Bay, north Crete - badly damaged by Italian explosive motor boats, beached and later wrecked by bombing   

Mar 27   Britain leases defense bases in Trinidad to US for 99 years on this day in history.   

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

Mar 27   On this day in history yugoslavian coup gets rid of pro-German Prince Paul   

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

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

Mar 29   In the year 1941 1st performance of Benjamin Britten's "Symphony da Requiem"   

Mar 30   On this day in history german counter offensive in North-Africa   

Mar 31   Germany begins a counter offensive in Africa in the year 1941.   

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

Apr 01   Hippolyte Delehaye, Flemish historian, dies at 81 on this day in history.   

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

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

Apr 02   German occupier disallows Dutch scouting assn on this day in history.   

Apr 02   In the year 1941 paul Teleki, premier Hungary, dies   

Apr 03   Andre Michelin, French tire manufacturer, dies at 88 in the year 1941.   

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

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Jan 03   Shima Iwashita, actress (Red Lion, Hara-Kiri, Double Suicide) was born on this day in history.   

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

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

Jan 05   On this day in history birth of hayao Miyazaki, Japanese film maker   

Jan 02   Mischa Levitzki, composer, dies at 42 on this day in history.   

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 on this day in history.   

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

Jan 08   Robert Baden-Powell, founder (Boy Scout movement), dies at 83 on this day in history.   

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.