Page 8: Historical Events In 1941

Apr 16   In the year 1941 little Theater at Adelphi Strand closes   

Apr 17   British troop land in Iraq/Yugoslavia; surrender to nazis on this day in history.   

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 on this day in history.   

Apr 19   L Oterma discovers asteroids #2804 Yrjo & #3497 in the year 1941.   

Apr 20   100 German bombers attack Athens on this day in history.   

Apr 20   Barend ter Haar, Dutch lawyer, dies in Buchenwald at 49 in the year 1941.   

Apr 20   In the year 1941 the birth of Ryan O'Neal, American actor   

Apr 21   Greece surrenders to nazi-Germany in the year 1941.   

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

Apr 22   Y Vaisala discovers asteroid #1567 Alikoski in the year 1941.   

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

Apr 24   British army begins evacuation of Greece on this day in history.   

Apr 25   Operation Merkur: Hitler orders conquest of Kreta in the year 1941.   

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

Apr 26   On this day in history jean Demoor, Belgian physician/physiologist/educationalist, dies at 74   

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   German troops occupy Athens Greece on this day in history.   

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

Apr 28   Last British troops in Greece surrenders on this day in history.   

Apr 28   In the year 1941 sgt. John Daniel Hinton, 20th NZ Battalion, won the Victoria Cross at Kalamai, Greece   

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   Spread of Judaism begins in Croatia in the year 1941.   

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

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

May 01   General Mills introduces Cheerios in the year 1941.   

May 01   German assault on Tobruk on this day in history.   

May 01   John R Locksmith de Brown, vicar/CHU-politician, dies at 71 on this day in history.   

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

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

May 02   In the year 1941 fCC approves regular scheduled coml TV broadcasts to begin July 1   

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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   John Bennett Perry, Williamstown Mass, singer/actor (Falcon Crest) was born in the year 1941.   

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   Grady Thomas, US rock vocalist (Parliaments, Funkadelic, Maggot Brain) was born in the year 1941.   

Jan 05   On this day in history birth of mansur Ali Khan, cricketer (Nawab of Pataudi, Indian batsman & capt)   

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   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.