Page 13: Historical Events In 1941

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

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

Jul 01   TV licenses granted-W2XBS-WNBT (NBC) & WCBW (CBS), NYC in the year 1941.   

Jul 02   On this day in history 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   Howard Florey & Norman Heatley meet for the first time, 11 days later they successfully recreate pencillin in the year 1941.   

Jul 05   On this day in history german occupiers disband political parties   

Jul 05   Oskar Fried, composer, dies at 69 in the year 1941.   

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

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 in the year 1941.   

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   In the year 1941 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   On this day in history united States armed forces arrive in Iceland   

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   Ferdinand "Jelly Roll" Morton pioneer jazz pianist, dies at 56 in LA on this day in history.   

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   In the year 1941 german troops attack Dnjepr   

Jul 12   On this day in history 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 on this day in history.   

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

Jul 14   6,000 Lithuanian Jews are exterminated at Viszalsyan Camp on this day in history.   

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

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

Jul 17   On this day in history nY Yankee Joe DiMaggio's 56-game hitting streak ends in Cleveland   

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.   

« Previous Page | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | Next Page »

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   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 in the year 1941.   

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   In the year 1941 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   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   Robert Baden-Powell, founder (Boy Scout movement), dies at 83 on this day in history.   

Jan 09   On this day in history ko Boezeman, Dutch resistance fighter, dies   

Jan 10   On this day in history 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)