Page 13: Historical Events In 1941

Jun 30   HMAS Waterhen sunk on Tobruk run on this day in history.   

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

Jul 01   On this day in history tV licenses granted-W2XBS-WNBT (NBC) & WCBW (CBS), NYC   

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

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

Jul 04   Howard Florey & Norman Heatley meet for the first time, 11 days later they successfully recreate pencillin in the year 1941.   

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 on this day in history.   

Jul 06   In the year 1941 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   Sgt. James Allen Ward, 75 (NZ) Squadron, RAF, won the Victoria Cross over the Zuider See on this day in history.   

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 on this day in history.   

Jul 07   United States armed forces arrive in Iceland in the year 1941.   

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

Jul 08   Philippe Gaubert, composer, dies at 62 on this day in history.   

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

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

Jul 10   Jedwabne Pogrom is a massacre of Jewish people living in and near the village of Jedwabne in Poland in the year 1941.   

Jul 11   German troops attack Dnjepr on this day in history.   

Jul 12   On this day in history joseph Whipp, American actor   

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

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   On this day in history 6,000 Lithuanian Jews are exterminated at Viszalsyan Camp   

Jul 15   Florey & Heatley present freeze dried mold cultures (Pencillin) on this day in history.   

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 on this day in history.   

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 in the year 1941.   

Jul 18   On this day in history dionyssios Lavrangas, composer, dies at 80   

Jul 18   SS drowns 40 Jews in Dvina River, Belorussia 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   On this day in history 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   In the year 1941 birth of maureen Reagan, 1st daughter (Ronald Reagan)   

Jan 05   In the year 1941 birth of bob Cunis, cricketer (New Zealand pace bowler of the late 60's)   

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   Hayao Miyazaki, Japanese film maker was born on this day in history.   

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   Ko Boezeman, Dutch resistance fighter, dies in the year 1941.   

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 in the year 1941.