Page 8: Historical Events In 1941

Apr 16   Little Theater at Adelphi Strand closes on this day in history.   

Apr 17   In the year 1941 british troop land in Iraq/Yugoslavia; surrender to nazis   

Apr 17   In the year 1941 office of Price Administration established (handled rationing)   

Apr 18   In the year 1941 ... Korysis, PM of Greece, commits suicide   

Apr 19   In the year 1941 johanna Muller-Hermann, composer, dies at 63   

Apr 19   In the year 1941 l Oterma discovers asteroids #2804 Yrjo & #3497   

Apr 20   100 German bombers attack Athens on this day in history.   

Apr 20   In the year 1941 barend ter Haar, Dutch lawyer, dies in Buchenwald at 49   

Apr 20   In the year 1941 the birth of Ryan O'Neal, American actor   

Apr 21   In the year 1941 greece surrenders to nazi-Germany   

Apr 22   On this day in history arthur Briscoe, cricketer (South African batsman in 2 Tests), dies   

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

Apr 23   Greece Army surrenders to German Nazis RAF brings Greek king George II to Egypt in the year 1941.   

Apr 24   British army begins evacuation of Greece in the year 1941.   

Apr 25   Operation Merkur: Hitler orders conquest of Kreta in the year 1941.   

Apr 26   In the year 1941 a tradition begins, 1st organ at a baseball stadium (Chicago Cubs)   

Apr 26   On this day in history jean Demoor, Belgian physician/physiologist/educationalist, dies at 74   

Apr 26   Y Vaisala discovers asteroid #2091 Sampo on this day in history.   

Apr 27   Athens, Greece, captured by the German army on this day in history.   

Apr 27   German troops occupy Athens Greece on this day in history.   

Apr 28   Ann-Margret, Valsjobya Sweden, actress (Bye Bye Birdie, Tommy) in the year 1941.   

Apr 28   In the year 1941 last British troops in Greece surrenders   

Apr 28   In the year 1941 sgt. John Daniel Hinton, 20th NZ Battalion, won the Victoria Cross at Kalamai, Greece   

Apr 28   The birth of Ann Margret, Swedish actress in the year 1941.   

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

Apr 30   Spread of Judaism begins in Croatia on this day in history.   

May 01   On this day in history "Citizen Kane", directed by &starring Orson Welles, premieres in New York   

May 01   Allied evacuation from Greece completed on this day in history.   

May 01   On this day in history general Mills introduces Cheerios   

May 01   German assault on Tobruk on this day in history.   

May 01   John R Locksmith de Brown, vicar/CHU-politician, dies at 71 in the year 1941.   

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   FCC approves regular scheduled coml TV broadcasts to begin July 1 on this day in history.   

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Jan 03   Shima Iwashita, actress (Red Lion, Hara-Kiri, Double Suicide) was born in the year 1941.   

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 on this day in history.   

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   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 in the year 1941.   

Jan 04   Henri Bergson, French philosopher (Le Rire, Nobel 1928), dies at 81 on this day in history.   

Jan 05   In the year 1941 death of amy Johnson, English aviator (b. 1903)   

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

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   On this day in history frank Bridge, English violinist/composer (Sea), dies at 61   

Jan 11   In the year 1941 death of emanuel Lasker, German chess player (b. 1868)