Page 13: Historical Events In 1941

Jun 30   On this day in history hMAS Waterhen sunk on Tobruk run   

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

Jul 01   In the year 1941 tV licenses granted-W2XBS-WNBT (NBC) & WCBW (CBS), NYC   

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

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

Jul 04   In the year 1941 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   Oskar Fried, composer, dies at 69 on this day in history.   

Jul 06   In the year 1941 nY Yankees unveil a monument to Lou Gehrig in centerfield   

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

Jul 07   In the year 1941 einsatzkommando 3 begins the systematic slaughter of Lithuanian Jewry.   

Jul 07   On this day in history nazis executed 5,000 Jews in Kovono Lithuania   

Jul 07   On this day in history sgt. James Allen Ward, 75 (NZ) Squadron, RAF, won the Victoria Cross over the Zuider See   

Jul 07   On this day in history 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   

Jul 07   United States armed forces arrive in Iceland on this day in history.   

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

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

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

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

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   German troops attack Dnjepr in the year 1941.   

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

Jul 12   On this day in history military treaty is signed between U.S.S.R. and Britain.   

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

Jul 13   Graeme Corling, Australian cricket fast bowler (1964 England tour) on this day in history.   

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

Jul 15   In the year 1941 florey & Heatley present freeze dried mold cultures (Pencillin)   

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

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

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

Jul 17   Bob Taylor, cricketer wicket-keeper (too often in Knotty's shadow) in the year 1941.   

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   SS drowns 40 Jews in Dvina River, Belorussia on this day in history.   

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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   On this day in history 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 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 on this day in history.   

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   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 on this day in history.   

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

Jan 08   Robert Baden-Powell, founder (Boy Scout movement), dies at 83 in the year 1941.   

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