Page 2: Historical Events In 1941

Jan 16   On this day in history uS vice admiral Bellinger warns of an assault on Pearl Harbor   

Jan 16   On this day in history war Department forms first Army Air Corps squadron for black cadets   

Jan 17   On this day in history jose Leite de Vasconcelos, Portuguese scholar (Etnografia), dies at 82   

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 on this day in history.   

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

Jan 20   Bela Bartok's 6th string quartet, premieres in NYC on this day in history.   

Jan 21   1st anti-Jewish measures in Bulgaria on this day in history.   

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 on this day in history.   

Jan 21   On this day in history british communist newspaper "Daily Worker" banned   

Jan 21   The birth of Placido Domingo, Spanish tenor on this day in history.   

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

Jan 21   In the year 1941 the first commercial extraction of magnesium from seawater, Freeport TX   

Jan 22   1st mass killing of Jews in Romania in the year 1941.   

Jan 22   On this day in history tobruk, North Africa, is captured by Australian troops   

Jan 23   Dobri Khristov, composer, dies at 65 in the year 1941.   

Jan 23   On this day in history 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.   

Jan 23   In the year 1941 ground breaking for NACA (now NASA) Lewis Research Center   

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

Jan 24   In the year 1941 the birth of Neil Diamond, American singer/songwriter   

Jan 25   In the year 1941 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   Iver Paul Fredrik Holter, composer, dies at 90 in the year 1941.   

Jan 27   Peruvian agent Rivera-Schreibér warns of Japanese assault on Pearl Harbor in the year 1941.   

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

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

Jan 29   Ioannis Metaxas, Greek gen/dictator (1936-41), commits suicide at 69 in the year 1941.   

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

Jan 31   21 U boats sunk this month (127,000 ton) on this day in history.   

Jan 31   Anti-German demonstration in Haarlem Netherlands on this day in history.   

Jan 31   Joe Louis KOs Red Burman in 5 for heavyweight boxing title on this day in history.   

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

Feb 01   US male Figure Skating championship won by Eugene Turner on this day in history.   

Feb 02   Johannes Schlaf, writer, dies at 78 on this day in history.   

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Jan 03   In the year 1941 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   In the year 1941 birth of john Bennett Perry, Williamstown Mass, singer/actor (Falcon Crest)   

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

Jan 05   Mansur Ali Khan, cricketer (Nawab of Pataudi, Indian batsman & capt) was born in the year 1941.   

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

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   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)