Page 8: Historical Events In 1941

Apr 16   Little Theater at Adelphi Strand closes in the year 1941.   

Apr 17   British troop land in Iraq/Yugoslavia; surrender to nazis in the year 1941.   

Apr 17   Office of Price Administration established (handled rationing) on this day in history.   

Apr 18   ... Korysis, PM of Greece, commits suicide in the year 1941.   

Apr 19   Johanna Muller-Hermann, composer, dies at 63 in the year 1941.   

Apr 19   On this day in history l Oterma discovers asteroids #2804 Yrjo & #3497   

Apr 20   On this day in history 100 German bombers attack Athens   

Apr 20   In the year 1941 barend ter Haar, Dutch lawyer, dies in Buchenwald at 49   

Apr 20   The birth of Ryan O'Neal, American actor on this day in history.   

Apr 21   On this day in history greece surrenders to nazi-Germany   

Apr 22   Arthur Briscoe, cricketer (South African batsman in 2 Tests), dies in the year 1941.   

Apr 22   Y Vaisala discovers asteroid #1567 Alikoski on this day in history.   

Apr 23   Greece Army surrenders to German Nazis RAF brings Greek king George II to Egypt on this day in history.   

Apr 24   On this day in history british army begins evacuation of Greece   

Apr 25   Operation Merkur: Hitler orders conquest of Kreta on this day in history.   

Apr 26   On this day in history a tradition begins, 1st organ at a baseball stadium (Chicago Cubs)   

Apr 26   Jean Demoor, Belgian physician/physiologist/educationalist, dies at 74 in the year 1941.   

Apr 26   Y Vaisala discovers asteroid #2091 Sampo on this day in history.   

Apr 27   Athens, Greece, captured by the German army on this day in history.   

Apr 27   In the year 1941 german troops occupy Athens Greece   

Apr 28   On this day in history ann-Margret, Valsjobya Sweden, actress (Bye Bye Birdie, Tommy)   

Apr 28   Last British troops in Greece surrenders in the year 1941.   

Apr 28   Sgt. John Daniel Hinton, 20th NZ Battalion, won the Victoria Cross at Kalamai, Greece on this day in history.   

Apr 28   The birth of Ann Margret, Swedish actress in the year 1941.   

Apr 30   On this day in history atlantic German U-boat torpedoes Canadian passenger ship Nerissa off Ireland; 73 Canadian Army personnel lost.   

Apr 30   In the year 1941 spread of Judaism begins in Croatia   

May 01   "Citizen Kane", directed by &starring Orson Welles, premieres in New York in the year 1941.   

May 01   Allied evacuation from Greece completed on this day in history.   

May 01   On this day in history general Mills introduces Cheerios   

May 01   In the year 1941 german assault on Tobruk   

May 01   On this day in history john R Locksmith de Brown, vicar/CHU-politician, dies at 71   

May 01   Orson Welles stars in Citizen Kane, premiering today in New York, NY in the year 1941.   

May 02   Anti-British revolt, encouraged by Germany, takes place in Iraq on this day in history.   

May 02   FCC approves regular scheduled coml TV broadcasts to begin July 1 in the year 1941.   

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

Jan 03   In the year 1941 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   On this day in history 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   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   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   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   On this day in history franz Hessel, writer, dies at 60   

Jan 08   In the year 1941 robert Baden-Powell, founder (Boy Scout movement), dies at 83   

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

Jan 10   Frank Bridge, English violinist/composer (Sea), dies at 61 in the year 1941.   

Jan 11   In the year 1941 death of emanuel Lasker, German chess player (b. 1868)