Historical Events In 1941

Jun 30   HMAS Waterhen sunk on Tobruk run on this day in history.   

Jul 01   In the year 1941 bulova Watch Co. pays $9 for first ever network TV commercial   

Jul 01   On this day in history tV licenses granted-W2XBS-WNBT (NBC) & WCBW (CBS), NYC   

Jul 02   In the year 1941 diMaggio breaks Willie Keeler's 44 game hitting streak (45th of 56)   

Jul 02   Mohammad Baqa Jilani, cricketer (Test for India), dies at 29 on this day in history.   

Jul 04   On this day in history howard Florey & Norman Heatley meet for the first time, 11 days later they successfully recreate pencillin   

Jul 05   On this day in history german occupiers disband political parties   

Jul 05   Oskar Fried, composer, dies at 69 in the year 1941.   

Jul 06   NY Yankees unveil a monument to Lou Gehrig in centerfield on this day in history.   

Jul 06   On this day in history nY Yankees unviel a monument to Lou Gehrig in centerfield   

Jul 07   On this day in history einsatzkommando 3 begins the systematic slaughter of Lithuanian Jewry.   

Jul 07   Nazis executed 5,000 Jews in Kovono Lithuania on this day in history.   

Jul 07   Sgt. James Allen Ward, 75 (NZ) Squadron, RAF, won the Victoria Cross over the Zuider See in the year 1941.   

Jul 07   U.S. Forces Occupy Iceland During World War II, the neutral United States moved closer to war with Germany when U.S. forces landed on Iceland to take over its garrisoning from the British in the year 1941.   

Jul 07   On this day in history united States armed forces arrive in Iceland   

Jul 08   In the year 1941 9th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 7-5 at Briggs Stadium, Detroit   

Jul 08   Philippe Gaubert, composer, dies at 62 in the year 1941.   

Jul 10   In the year 1941 ferdinand "Jelly Roll" Morton pioneer jazz pianist, dies at 56 in LA   

Jul 10   In the year 1941 ferdinand "Jelly Roll" Morton, pioneer jazz pianist, dies in LA at 56   

Jul 10   In the year 1941 jedwabne Pogrom is a massacre of Jewish people living in and near the village of Jedwabne in Poland.   

Jul 11   German troops attack Dnjepr in the year 1941.   

Jul 12   Joseph Whipp, American actor on this day in history.   

Jul 12   Military treaty is signed between U.S.S.R. and Britain in the year 1941.   

Jul 13   On this day in history 24th PGA Championship: Vic Ghezzi at Cherry Hills CC Denver   

Jul 13   Graeme Corling, Australian cricket fast bowler (1964 England tour) in the year 1941.   

Jul 14   6,000 Lithuanian Jews are exterminated at Viszalsyan Camp in the year 1941.   

Jul 15   Florey & Heatley present freeze dried mold cultures (Pencillin) in the year 1941.   

Jul 15   Florey & Heatley present freeze dried mold cultures (Penicillin) in the year 1941.   

Jul 16   On this day in history 100ø F (38ø C) highest temperature ever recorded in Seattle Wash   

Jul 16   100°F (38°C) highest temperature ever recorded in Seattle Wash in the year 1941.   

Jul 17   On this day in history bob Taylor, cricketer wicket-keeper (too often in Knotty's shadow)   

Jul 17   On this day in history nY Yankee Joe DiMaggio's 56-game hitting streak ends in Cleveland   

Jul 18   Dionyssios Lavrangas, composer, dies at 80 on this day in history.   

Jul 18   In the year 1941 sS drowns 40 Jews in Dvina River, Belorussia   

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Jan 03   On this day in history birth of shima Iwashita, actress (Red Lion, Hara-Kiri, Double Suicide)   

Jan 03   Van Dyke Parks, Alabama, actor/musician (Bonino, Billy Crystal Hour) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 04   John Bennett Perry, Williamstown Mass, singer/actor (Falcon Crest) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 04   Maureen Reagan, 1st daughter (Ronald Reagan) was born in the year 1941.   

Jan 05   Bob Cunis, cricketer (New Zealand pace bowler of the late 60's) was born on this day in history.   

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

Jan 02   In the year 1941 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   In the year 1941 franz Hessel, writer, dies at 60   

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   In the year 1941 frank Bridge, English violinist/composer (Sea), dies at 61   

Jan 11   Emanuel Lasker, German chess player (b. 1868) died on this day in history.