Page 2: Historical Events In 1941

Jan 16   US vice admiral Bellinger warns of an assault on Pearl Harbor in the year 1941.   

Jan 16   War Department forms first Army Air Corps squadron for black cadets in the year 1941.   

Jan 17   Jose Leite de Vasconcelos, Portuguese scholar (Etnografia), dies at 82 on this day in history.   

Jan 17   In the year 1941 kuomintang forces under orders from Chiang Kai-Shek open fire at communist forces, resuming the Chinese Civil War after World War II.   

Jan 19   British offensive in Eritrea in the year 1941.   

Jan 19   British troops occupy Kassalaf Sudan in the year 1941.   

Jan 20   Bela Bartok's 6th string quartet, premieres in NYC in the year 1941.   

Jan 21   In the year 1941 1st anti-Jewish measures in Bulgaria   

Jan 21   Anti-Jewish riots take place in Rumania. Gangs of Rumanian Legionnaires hunt for Jews, loot and beat Jews in the street, desecrate 25 synagogues, destroy hundreds of homes and shops, and butcher hundreds of Jews in the year 1941.   

Jan 21   Australia & Britain attack Tobruk Libya in the year 1941.   

Jan 21   British communist newspaper "Daily Worker" banned in the year 1941.   

Jan 21   In the year 1941 the birth of Placido Domingo, Spanish tenor   

Jan 21   On this day in history the first anti-Jewish measures in Bulgaria   

Jan 21   On this day in history the first commercial extraction of magnesium from seawater, Freeport TX   

Jan 22   On this day in history 1st mass killing of Jews in Romania   

Jan 22   In the year 1941 tobruk, North Africa, is captured by Australian troops   

Jan 23   On this day in history dobri Khristov, composer, dies at 65   

Jan 23   German prisoner of war Franz von Werra escapes from a train and makes it back to Germany, only to die in action a year later; the only German POW to make a successful escape in Canada in the year 1941.   

Jan 23   Ground breaking for NACA (now NASA) Lewis Research Center on this day in history.   

Jan 24   British troops march into Abyssinia in the year 1941.   

Jan 24   The birth of Neil Diamond, American singer/songwriter in the year 1941.   

Jan 25   On this day in history pope Pius XII elevates the Apostolic Vicariate of the Hawaiian Islands to the dignity of a diocese. It becomes the Roman Catholic Diocese of Honolulu.   

Jan 27   In the year 1941 iver Paul Fredrik Holter, composer, dies at 90   

Jan 27   Peruvian agent Rivera-Schreibér warns of Japanese assault on Pearl Harbor on this day in history.   

Jan 27   In the year 1941 peruvian agent Rivera-Schreiber warns of Japanese assault on Pearl Harbor   

Jan 28   French-Thai War: Final air battle of the conflict. Japanese-mediated armistice goes into effect later in the day on this day in history.   

Jan 29   Ioannis Metaxas, Greek gen/dictator (1936-41), commits suicide at 69 on this day in history.   

Jan 30   On this day in history australian troops conquer Derna Libya   

Jan 31   In the year 1941 21 U boats sunk this month (127,000 ton)   

Jan 31   On this day in history anti-German demonstration in Haarlem Netherlands   

Jan 31   In the year 1941 joe Louis KOs Red Burman in 5 for heavyweight boxing title   

Feb 01   In the year 1941 uS female Figure Skating championship won by Jane Vaughn   

Feb 01   In the year 1941 uS male Figure Skating championship won by Eugene Turner   

Feb 02   Johannes Schlaf, writer, dies at 78 in the year 1941.   

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Jan 03   Shima Iwashita, actress (Red Lion, Hara-Kiri, Double Suicide) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 03   Van Dyke Parks, Alabama, actor/musician (Bonino, Billy Crystal Hour) was born in the year 1941.   

Jan 04   On this day in history birth of john Bennett Perry, Williamstown Mass, singer/actor (Falcon Crest)   

Jan 04   On this day in history birth of maureen Reagan, 1st daughter (Ronald Reagan)   

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

Jan 05   Grady Thomas, US rock vocalist (Parliaments, Funkadelic, Maggot Brain) was born on this day in history.   

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   In the year 1941 mischa Levitzki, composer, dies at 42   

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

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

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

Jan 10   Frank Bridge, English violinist/composer (Sea), dies at 61 on this day in history.   

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