Page 2: Historical Events In 1941

Jan 16   In the year 1941 uS vice admiral Bellinger warns of an assault on Pearl Harbor   

Jan 16   War Department forms first Army Air Corps squadron for black cadets in the year 1941.   

Jan 17   Jose Leite de Vasconcelos, Portuguese scholar (Etnografia), dies at 82 on this day in history.   

Jan 17   Kuomintang forces under orders from Chiang Kai-Shek open fire at communist forces, resuming the Chinese Civil War after World War II in the year 1941.   

Jan 19   British offensive in Eritrea on this day in history.   

Jan 19   In the year 1941 british troops occupy Kassalaf Sudan   

Jan 20   In the year 1941 bela Bartok's 6th string quartet, premieres in NYC   

Jan 21   In the year 1941 1st anti-Jewish measures in Bulgaria   

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   On this day in history australia & Britain attack Tobruk Libya   

Jan 21   British communist newspaper "Daily Worker" banned in the year 1941.   

Jan 21   The birth of Placido Domingo, Spanish tenor in the year 1941.   

Jan 21   The first anti-Jewish measures in Bulgaria on this day in history.   

Jan 21   The first commercial extraction of magnesium from seawater, Freeport TX on this day in history.   

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

Jan 22   Tobruk, North Africa, is captured by Australian troops in the year 1941.   

Jan 23   On this day in history dobri Khristov, composer, dies at 65   

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   Ground breaking for NACA (now NASA) Lewis Research Center on this day in history.   

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

Jan 24   On this day in history the birth of Neil Diamond, American singer/songwriter   

Jan 25   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 in the year 1941.   

Jan 27   Iver Paul Fredrik Holter, composer, dies at 90 on this day in history.   

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

Jan 27   In the year 1941 peruvian agent Rivera-Schreiber warns of Japanese assault on Pearl Harbor   

Jan 28   In the year 1941 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 on this day in history.   

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

Jan 31   21 U boats sunk this month (127,000 ton) in the year 1941.   

Jan 31   On this day in history anti-German demonstration in Haarlem Netherlands   

Jan 31   In the year 1941 joe Louis KOs Red Burman in 5 for heavyweight boxing title   

Feb 01   US female Figure Skating championship won by Jane Vaughn in the year 1941.   

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

Feb 02   In the year 1941 johannes Schlaf, writer, dies at 78   

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

Jan 03   On this day in history birth of van Dyke Parks, Alabama, actor/musician (Bonino, Billy Crystal Hour)   

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 on this day in history.   

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

Jan 05   In the year 1941 birth of mansur Ali Khan, cricketer (Nawab of Pataudi, Indian batsman & capt)   

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   In the year 1941 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 on this day in history.   

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   In the year 1941 frank Bridge, English violinist/composer (Sea), dies at 61   

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