Page 13: Historical Events In 1941

Jun 30   In the year 1941 hMAS Waterhen sunk on Tobruk run   

Jul 01   On this day in history bulova Watch Co. pays $9 for first ever network TV commercial   

Jul 01   TV licenses granted-W2XBS-WNBT (NBC) & WCBW (CBS), NYC on this day in history.   

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

Jul 02   In the year 1941 mohammad Baqa Jilani, cricketer (Test for India), dies at 29   

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   German occupiers disband political parties in the year 1941.   

Jul 05   In the year 1941 oskar Fried, composer, dies at 69   

Jul 06   NY Yankees unveil a monument to Lou Gehrig in centerfield in the year 1941.   

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

Jul 07   Einsatzkommando 3 begins the systematic slaughter of Lithuanian Jewry on this day in history.   

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

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

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   In the year 1941 united States armed forces arrive in Iceland   

Jul 08   9th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 7-5 at Briggs Stadium, Detroit on this day in history.   

Jul 08   On this day in history philippe Gaubert, composer, dies at 62   

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

Jul 10   On this day in history ferdinand "Jelly Roll" Morton, pioneer jazz pianist, dies in LA at 56   

Jul 10   On this day in history jedwabne Pogrom is a massacre of Jewish people living in and near the village of Jedwabne in Poland.   

Jul 11   In the year 1941 german troops attack Dnjepr   

Jul 12   In the year 1941 joseph Whipp, American actor   

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

Jul 13   24th PGA Championship: Vic Ghezzi at Cherry Hills CC Denver in the year 1941.   

Jul 13   On this day in history graeme Corling, Australian cricket fast bowler (1964 England tour)   

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

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

Jul 15   On this day in history florey & Heatley present freeze dried mold cultures (Penicillin)   

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

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

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

Jul 17   NY Yankee Joe DiMaggio's 56-game hitting streak ends in Cleveland on this day in history.   

Jul 18   In the year 1941 dionyssios Lavrangas, composer, dies at 80   

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

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Jan 03   Shima Iwashita, actress (Red Lion, Hara-Kiri, Double Suicide) was born in the year 1941.   

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   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 in the year 1941.   

Jan 05   On this day in history birth of grady Thomas, US rock vocalist (Parliaments, Funkadelic, Maggot Brain)   

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

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   In the year 1941 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   Franz Hessel, writer, dies at 60 on this day in history.   

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

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

Jan 10   On this day in history frank Bridge, English violinist/composer (Sea), dies at 61   

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