Historical Events In 1941

Jan 01   Formal opening of CBC News Service in canada on this day in history.   

Jan 01   Netherlands begins taxing wages on this day in history.   

Jan 01   On this day in history russian General Zhukov appointed chief of General staff   

Jan 02   Mischa Levitzki, composer, dies at 42 on this day in history.   

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

Jan 03   On this day in history australian troops capture Bardia, Libya, from the Italians   

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

Jan 03   In the year 1941 canada &US acquire air bases in Newfoundland (99 year lease)   

Jan 03   In the year 1941 italian counter offensive in Albania   

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

Jan 04   In the year 1941 henri Bergson, French philosopher (Le Rire, Nobel 1928), dies at 81   

Jan 04   Resistance fighters counter d'Estienne d'Orves/Jan Doornik, 1st meet in the year 1941.   

Jan 05   In the year 1941 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   In the year 1941 fDR's "4 Freedoms" speech (speech, worship, from want &from fear)   

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

Jan 08   British Air Marshal Richard Peirse resigns on this day in history.   

Jan 08   In the year 1941 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.   

Jan 08   In the year 1941 robert Baden-Powell, founder (Boy Scout movement), dies at 83   

Jan 09   6,000 Jews exterminated in pogrom in Bucharest Romania in the year 1941.   

Jan 09   In the year 1941 joan Baez singer The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down; political activist was born   

Jan 09   On this day in history joan Baez singer: The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down; political activist was born   

Jan 09   In the year 1941 ko Boezeman, Dutch resistance fighter, dies   

Jan 09   Maiden flight by Canada's Avro Lancaster military plane in the year 1941.   

Jan 09   On this day in history maiden flight of Canadian built Avro Lancaster military bomber at Downsview   

Jan 09   The birth of Joan Baez, American peace activist in the year 1941.   

Jan 10   In the year 1941 frank Bridge, English violinist/composer (Sea), dies at 61   

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 on this day in history.   

Jan 11   Princess Irene Brigade established in Congleton in the year 1941.   

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

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

Jan 14   The birth of Faye Dunaway, American film actress in the year 1941.   

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

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   On this day in history birth of maureen Reagan, 1st daughter (Ronald Reagan)   

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

Jan 05   On this day in history 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 in the year 1941.   

Jan 02   Mischa Levitzki, composer, dies at 42 on this day in history.   

Jan 04   On this day in history henri Bergson, French philosopher (Le Rire, Nobel 1928), dies at 81   

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

Jan 06   Franz Hessel, writer, dies at 60 in the year 1941.   

Jan 08   On this day in history robert Baden-Powell, founder (Boy Scout movement), dies at 83   

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

Jan 10   In the year 1941 frank Bridge, English violinist/composer (Sea), dies at 61   

Jan 11   On this day in history death of emanuel Lasker, German chess player (b. 1868)