Page 8: Historical Events In 1941

Apr 20   100 German bombers attack Athens   

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

Apr 20   Ryan O'Neal, American actor is born.   

Apr 21   Greece surrenders to nazi-Germany.   

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

Apr 22   Y Vaisala discovers asteroid #1567 Alikoski   

Apr 23   Greece Army surrenders to German Nazis RAF brings Greek king George II to Egypt   

Apr 24   British army begins evacuation of Greece   

Apr 25   Operation Merkur: Hitler orders conquest of Kreta.   

Apr 26   A tradition begins, 1st organ at a baseball stadium (Chicago Cubs)   

Apr 26   Jean Demoor, Belgian physician/physiologist/educationalist, dies at 74.   

Apr 26   Y Vaisala discovers asteroid #2091 Sampo.   

Apr 27   Athens, Greece, captured by the German army   

Apr 27   German troops occupy Athens Greece   

Apr 28   Ann Margret, Swedish actress is born.   

Apr 28   Ann-Margret, Valsjobya Sweden, actress (Bye Bye Birdie, Tommy)   

Apr 28   Last British troops in Greece surrenders.   

Apr 28   Sgt. John Daniel Hinton, 20th NZ Battalion, won the Victoria Cross at Kalamai, Greece   

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

Apr 30   Spread of Judaism begins in Croatia   

May 01   "Citizen Kane", directed by and starring Orson Welles, premieres in New York   

May 01   Allied evacuation from Greece completed.   

May 01   General Mills introduces Cheerios   

May 01   German assault on Tobruk.   

May 01   John R Locksmith de Brown, vicar/CHU-politician, dies at 71   

May 01   Orson Welles stars in Citizen Kane, premiering today in New York, NY   

May 02   Anti-British revolt, encouraged by Germany, takes place in Iraq   

May 02   FCC approves regular scheduled coml TV broadcasts to begin July 1.   

May 02   FCC approves regular scheduled commercial TV broadcasts to begin July 1.   

May 02   Martin Bormann succeeds Rudolf Hess as Hitler's deputy.   

May 02   Nazi occupied Netherlands layoff Jewish journalists   

May 03   -4] German air raid on Liverpool.   

May 03   German air raid on Liverpool   

May 05   2 Fokker's employees flee Nazi occupied Netherlands to England.   

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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)