Historical Events In 1941

Apr 16   On this day in history little Theater at Adelphi Strand closes  

Apr 17   On this day in history british troop land in Iraq/Yugoslavia; surrender to nazis  

Apr 17   Office of Price Administration established (handled rationing) on this day in history.  

Apr 18   On this day in history ... Korysis, PM of Greece, commits suicide  

Apr 19   On this day in history johanna Muller-Hermann, composer, dies at 63  

Apr 19   On this day in history l Oterma discovers asteroids #2804 Yrjo & #3497  

Apr 20   In the year 1941 100 German bombers attack Athens  

Apr 20   Barend ter Haar, Dutch lawyer, dies in Buchenwald at 49 in the year 1941.  

Apr 20   On this day in history the birth of Ryan O'Neal, American actor  

Apr 21   Greece surrenders to nazi-Germany in the year 1941.  

Apr 22   Arthur Briscoe, cricketer (South African batsman in 2 Tests), dies in the year 1941.  

Apr 22   On this day in history y Vaisala discovers asteroid #1567 Alikoski  

Apr 23   On this day in history greece Army surrenders to German Nazis RAF brings Greek king George II to Egypt  

Apr 24   In the year 1941 british army begins evacuation of Greece  

Apr 25   Operation Merkur: Hitler orders conquest of Kreta on this day in history.  

Apr 26   A tradition begins, 1st organ at a baseball stadium (Chicago Cubs) on this day in history.  

Apr 26   Jean Demoor, Belgian physician/physiologist/educationalist, dies at 74 on this day in history.  

Apr 26   Y Vaisala discovers asteroid #2091 Sampo in the year 1941.  

Apr 27   In the year 1941 athens, Greece, captured by the German army  

Apr 27   German troops occupy Athens Greece in the year 1941.  

Apr 28   Ann-Margret, Valsjobya Sweden, actress (Bye Bye Birdie, Tommy) on this day in history.  

Apr 28   Last British troops in Greece surrenders in the year 1941.  

Apr 28   Sgt. John Daniel Hinton, 20th NZ Battalion, won the Victoria Cross at Kalamai, Greece on this day in history.  

Apr 28   On this day in history the birth of Ann Margret, Swedish actress  

Apr 30   Atlantic German U-boat torpedoes Canadian passenger ship Nerissa off Ireland; 73 Canadian Army personnel lost in the year 1941.  

Apr 30   In the year 1941 spread of Judaism begins in Croatia  

May 01   "Citizen Kane", directed by &starring Orson Welles, premieres in New York in the year 1941.  

May 01   On this day in history allied evacuation from Greece completed  

May 01   General Mills introduces Cheerios in the year 1941.  

May 01   In the year 1941 german assault on Tobruk  

May 01   John R Locksmith de Brown, vicar/CHU-politician, dies at 71 on this day in history.  

May 01   On this day in history orson Welles stars in Citizen Kane, premiering today in New York, NY  

May 02   Anti-British revolt, encouraged by Germany, takes place in Iraq on this day in history.  

May 02   On this day in history fCC approves regular scheduled coml TV broadcasts to begin July 1  

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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 on this day in history.  

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

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 on this day in history.  

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

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 on this day in history.  

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   Robert Baden-Powell, founder (Boy Scout movement), dies at 83 in the year 1941.  

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   On this day in history death of emanuel Lasker, German chess player (b. 1868)