Historical Events In 1941

Jan 01   Formal opening of CBC News Service in canada in the year 1941.   

Jan 01   In the year 1941 netherlands begins taxing wages   

Jan 01   In the year 1941 russian General Zhukov appointed chief of General staff   

Jan 02   Mischa Levitzki, composer, dies at 42 in the year 1941.   

Jan 02   In the year 1941 world War II: German bombing severely damages the Llandaff Cathedral in Cardiff, Wales.   

Jan 03   Australian troops capture Bardia, Libya, from the Italians on this day in history.   

Jan 03   On this day in history canada & US acquire air bases in Newfoundland (99 yr lease)   

Jan 03   On this day in history canada &US acquire air bases in Newfoundland (99 year lease)   

Jan 03   Italian counter offensive in Albania in the year 1941.   

Jan 03   On this day in history sergei Rachmaninov's "Symphonic Dances" premieres in Philadelphia   

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

Jan 04   In the year 1941 resistance fighters counter d'Estienne d'Orves/Jan Doornik, 1st meet   

Jan 05   On this day in history british/Australian troops conquer Bardia Lybia   

Jan 06   FDR's "4 Freedoms" speech (speech, worship, from want & from fear) in the year 1941.   

Jan 06   FDR's "4 Freedoms" speech (speech, worship, from want &from fear) on this day in history.   

Jan 06   On this day in history franz Hessel, writer, dies at 60   

Jan 08   On this day in history british Air Marshal Richard Peirse resigns   

Jan 08   Federal Minister Ian Mackenzie announces that the RCMP will be registering all Japanese Canadians in British Columbia; a national security matter under the War Measures Act. They are later moved inland to detention camps on this day in history.   

Jan 08   Robert Baden-Powell, founder (Boy Scout movement), dies at 83 in the year 1941.   

Jan 09   6,000 Jews exterminated in pogrom in Bucharest Romania on this day in history.   

Jan 09   Joan Baez singer The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down; political activist was born on this day in history.   

Jan 09   Joan Baez singer: The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down; political activist was born in the year 1941.   

Jan 09   On this day in history ko Boezeman, Dutch resistance fighter, dies   

Jan 09   On this day in history maiden flight by Canada's Avro Lancaster military plane   

Jan 09   Maiden flight of Canadian built Avro Lancaster military bomber at Downsview on this day in history.   

Jan 09   In the year 1941 the birth of Joan Baez, American peace activist   

Jan 10   Frank Bridge, English violinist/composer (Sea), dies at 61 in the year 1941.   

Jan 10   Joseph Kesselring's "Arsenic & Old Lace," premieres in New York City NY in the year 1941.   

Jan 10   In the year 1941 joseph Kesselring's "Arsenic & Old Lace," premieres in NYC   

Jan 10   Seyss-Inquart begins registration of Jews in the year 1941.   

Jan 11   Princess Irene Brigade established in Congleton on this day in history.   

Jan 13   James Joyce, novelist (Ulysses), dies in Zurich Switzerland, at 58 in the year 1941.   

Jan 13   On this day in history novelist James Joyce dies during an eye operation in Zurich, Switzerland at age 58.   

Jan 14   The birth of Faye Dunaway, American film actress 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   On this day in history birth of john Bennett Perry, Williamstown Mass, singer/actor (Falcon Crest)   

Jan 04   Maureen Reagan, 1st daughter (Ronald Reagan) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 05   On this day in history birth of bob Cunis, cricketer (New Zealand pace bowler of the late 60's)   

Jan 05   Grady Thomas, US rock vocalist (Parliaments, Funkadelic, Maggot Brain) was born in the year 1941.   

Jan 05   On this day in history 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   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 on this day in history.   

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   On this day in history ko Boezeman, Dutch resistance fighter, dies   

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)