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Born :09/08/1941Alan Feinstein, NYC, actor (Max-Berrengers, Family Tree)
Born :11/23/1941Alan Mullery, English soccer player
Born :12/08/1941Albert J Evenhuis, Dutch sect of Economic (VVD)
Born :05/05/1941Aleksandr Ragulin, USSR, ice hockey play (Olympic-gold-1964, 68, 72)
Born :03/28/1941Alf Clausen, Minneapolis Mn, orch leader (Mary, Simpsons)
Born :05/27/1941Allan Carr, Ill, director (Grease, Happiest Millionaire)
Born :02/01/1941Anatoliy Firssov, USSR, ice hockey play (Olympic-gold-1964, 68, 72)
Born :05/24/1941Andres Garcia, Santo Domingo Dom Rep, actor (Tiger Shark)
Born :02/03/1941Angelo D'Aleo, tenor vocalist (Dion & Belmonts-Teenager in Love)
Born :08/10/1941Anita Lonsbrough, England, 200m backstroke swimmer (Oly-gold-1960)
Born :11/16/1941Ann Dore McLaughlin, US Secretary of Labor (1987- )
Born :03/06/1941Ann Winterton, British MP
Born :04/28/1941Ann-Margret, Valsjobya Sweden, actress (Carnal Knowledge, Tommy)
Born :10/25/1941Anne Tyler, American writer (Accidental Tourist)
Born :05/12/1941Anthony Newman, LA Calif, harpsichordist/organist (Bhajeb)
Born :05/24/1941Baroness Hollis of Heigham, history lecturer (U of East Anglia)
Born :02/05/1941Barrett Strong, Detroit, singer (Money, That's What I Want)
Born :12/09/1941Beau Bridges, LA Calif, actor (Hotel New Hampshire, 5th Musketeer)
Born :03/06/1941Ben Murphy, Jonesboro Ark, acotr (Name of the Game, Winds of War)
Born :09/08/1941Bernard Sanders, (Rep-R-Vermont)
Born :08/03/1941Beverly Lee, Passaic NJ, singer (Shirelles-Soldier Boy)
Born :04/17/1941Bill Fury, vocalist/guitarist (When Will You Say I Love You)
Born :08/22/1941Bill Parcells, NFL coach (NY Giants)/sportscaster (NBC)
Born :02/13/1941Bo Svenson, Goteborg Sweden, actor (North Dallas 40, Walking Tall)
Born :05/24/1941Bob Dylan, [Zimmerman], Minn, singer/songwriter (Blowin' in Wind)
Born :01/18/1941Bobby Goldsboro, Marianna Fla, singer (Honey)
Born :07/26/1941Bobby Hebb, Nashville Tn, country singer (Sunny)
Born :08/17/1941Boog Powell, baseball player (AL MVP 1970)
Born :07/26/1941Brenton Wood, Shreveport La, rocker (Gimme Little Sign)
Born :02/03/1941Bridget Hanley, Minneapolis Mn, actress (Here Come the Brides)
Born :11/02/1941Bruce Welch, rocker
Born :02/20/1941Buffy Sainte-Marie, Maine, folksinger (Now That the Buffalo Are Gone)
Born :01/15/1941Captain Beefheart, [Don Van Vilet], rocker (Bongo Fury, Shiny Beast)
Born :03/20/1941Carlos Lopez, jockey
Born :02/03/1941Carol Mann, Buffalo NY, golfer (LPGA Hall of Fame 1977, 1965 US Open)
Born :03/27/1941Charles Pashayan Jr, (Rep-R-CA, 1979- )
Born :09/28/1941Charley Taylor, NFL wide receiver/running back (Wash Redskin)
Born :03/28/1941Charlie McCoy, Oak Hill WV, harmonica player (Hee Haw)
Born :06/02/1941Charlie Watts, drummer (Rolling Stones-Brown Sugar)
Born :06/12/1941Chick Corea, Chelsea Mass, jazz pianist (Delhpi I, Toy Dance)
Born :04/25/1941Chris Augustine, rocker (Every Mother's Son)
Born :01/16/1941Christine Janes, tennis player
Born :08/18/1941Christopher Jones, Jackson TN, actor (Wild in the Streets)
Born :10/03/1941Chubby Checker, [Ernest Evans], US singer (Twist)
Born :04/16/1941Cliff Stearns, (Rep-R-Florida)
Born :08/14/1941Connie Smith, Elkhart, Indiana, singer (Dream Painter, New Horizons)
Born :07/30/1941Count Desmond, [Edward Benjamin], Binghamton NY, sword swallower
Born :10/12/1941Craig A Washington, (Rep-D-Texas)
Born :11/13/1941Dack Rambo, Delano Calif, actor (Guns of Will Sonnett, Dallas)
Born :09/20/1941Dale Chihuly, Tacoma Wash, artist in glass (Louis Tiffany Award 1967)
Born :11/19/1941Dan Haggerty, Hollywood Calif, actor (Grizzly Adams)
Born :11/15/1941Daniel Manus Pinkwater, US, sci-fi author (Magic Moscow)
Born :05/10/1941Danny Rapp, rocker (Danny & Juniors)
Born :07/26/1941Darlene Love, singer/actress (Lethal Weapon)
Born :07/17/1941Daryle Lamonica, Oakland Raider QB (AFL leading passer 1967)
Born :02/18/1941David Blue, [Cohen], Providence RI, rocker (Cupid's Arrow)
Born :08/14/1941David Crosby, rocker (Crosby, Stills & Nash-Southern Cross)
Born :11/18/1941David Hemmings, England, actor (Blow-up, Barbarella)
Born :04/21/1941David L Boren, (Sen-D Oklahoma)
Born :04/05/1941David LaFlamme, electric violinist (It's a Beautiful Day)
Born :04/11/1941David Lyle Boren, (Sen-D-OK, 1979- )
Born :02/25/1941David Puttnam, London, film producer/CEO (Columbia Pictures)
Born :01/18/1941David Ruffin, Miss, vocalist (Temptations-Papa Was a Rolling Stone)
Born :02/05/1941David Selby, Morgantown WV, actor (Falcon Crest, Flamingo Road)
Born :07/29/1941David Warner, Manchester NH, actor (Holocaust)
Born :05/27/1941Davina Phillips, actress
Born :08/12/1941Deborah Walley, Bridgeport Ct, actress (Mothers-in-Law)
Born :05/18/1941Diane McBain, Cleve Ohio, actress (Surfside Six, Spinout, Donner Pass)
Born :01/30/1941Dick Cheney, (Rep-R-Wyo), Bush's secretary of defense (1989- )
Born :09/27/1941Don Cornelius, TV show host (Soul Train)
Born :08/15/1941Don Rich, Olympia Wash, guitarist/country singer (Hee Haw)
Born :05/29/1941Douglas Scott, mountaineer
Born :06/22/1941Ed Bradley, Phila, CBS news correspondant (60 Minutes)
Born :04/23/1941Ed Stewart, British DJ
Born :06/01/1941Edo de Waart, Amsterdam Holland, conductor (Houston Opera-1976)
Born :01/21/1941Edwin Starr, rocker
Born :12/23/1941Elizabeth Hartman, Youngstown Ohio, actress (Walking Tall, Beguilled)
Born :08/11/1941Elizabeth Holtzman, Bkln DA (D-Rep-NY, Watergate Committee)
Born :01/25/1941Elzie "Buddy" Baker, race-car driver
Born :04/03/1941Eric Braeden, actor (Victor Newman-Young & Restless)
Born :04/05/1941Eric Burdon, rocker (Animals-House of the Rising Sun)
Born :12/10/1941Fionnula Flanagan, Dublin Ireland, actress (Rich Man Poor Man)
Born :02/01/1941Franco Nones, Italy, 30K cross country skier (Olympic-gold-1968)
Born :12/20/1941Frank Creton, Suriname/Neth painter
Born :05/06/1941Fred J Eckert, (Rep-D-NY, 1985-87)
Born :04/11/1941Frederick "Rick" Hauck, Long Beach Ca, astr (STS-7, STS 51-A, STS-26)
Born :01/07/1941Frederick D Gregory, Wash DC, Col USAF/astro (STS 51-B, 33, 44)
Born :11/20/1941Gary Karr, LA Calif, double-bassist (Oslo Philharmonic)
Born :03/22/1941Gary Lewis, horse trainer
Born :03/17/1941Gene Pitney, Hartford Ct, rock singer (Town without Pity)
Born :02/17/1941Gene Pitney, singer/songwriter (Town Without Pity)
Born :07/15/1941Geoffrey Burgon, composer
Born :07/22/1941George Clinton, rocker (Testify, Funkadelics)
Born :05/04/1941George F Will, political analyst (Night Line)
Born :07/16/1941George Young, MP/British minister of housing & planning
Born :05/06/1941Ghena Dimitrova, actress (Nabucco)
Born :02/06/1941Gigi Perreau, LA Calif, actress (Journey to Center of Time)
Born :07/03/1941Gloria Allred, feminist attorney
Born :05/20/1941Goh Chok Sole, premier of Singapore (1990- )
Born :10/23/1941Greg Ridley, bassist (Spooky Tooth-It's All About)
Born :04/23/1941Hal Daub, (Rep-R-NB, 1981- )
Born :04/09/1941Hannah Gordon, actress (Oh Alfie)
Born :07/26/1941Hans Gualth‚rie van Weezel, Dutch 2nd Chamber member (CDA)
Born :07/16/1941Hans Wiegel, VVD-commissioner of the Queen Friesland
Born :10/26/1941Harald Nielsen, Denmark, soccer player (Olympic-silver-1960)
Born :06/10/1941Harry Muskee, singer (Cuby & Blizzards)
Born :06/15/1941Harry Nilsson, [Johnny Niles], laid-back singer/songwriter (Popeye)
Born :02/17/1941Heidi Biebi, German Fed Rep, downhill skier (Olympic-gold-1960)
Born :12/06/1941Helen Cornelius, Hannibal Mo, country singer (Nashville on the Road)
Born :10/25/1941Helen Reddy, Melbourne Australia, singer (I Am Woman)
Born :02/18/1941Herb Santiago, vocalist (Frankie Lymon & Teenagers-Why Do Fools Fall)
Born :04/15/1941Howard L Berman, (Rep-D-CA, 1983- )
Born :05/05/1941Howie Komives, NBA star (NY Knicks, Buffalo Braves)
Born :07/10/1941Ian Whitcomb, England, rocker (You Turn Me On)
Born :08/17/1941Ibrahim Babangida, president of Nigeria (1985- )
Born :05/13/1941Imca Marina, [Bijl], singer (Viva Espa€a, Bella Italia, Oh Brazil)
Born :12/28/1941Intikhab Alam, Pakistan cricketer
Born :07/18/1941Jack Jersey, [de Nijs], Indonesian/Dutch singer/producer
Born :10/04/1941Jackie Collins, London, author (Bitch, Stud)
Born :01/12/1941Jaime B Fuster, (Rep-D-PR, 1985- )
Born :06/07/1941Jaime Laredo, Bolivia, violinist (Qn Elisabeth of Belgium prize 1959)
Born :05/08/1941James A Traficant Jr, (Rep-D-OH, 1985- )
Born :06/27/1941James P[atrick] Hogan, UK, sci-fi author (Giants' Star)
Born :10/17/1941James Seals, Sidney Tx, singer (Seals & Crofts-Summer Breeze)
Born :04/03/1941Jan Berry, singer (Jan & Dean-Deadman's Curve)
Born :04/27/1941Jan D Blaauw, Dutch 2nd chamber member (VVD)
Born :05/09/1941Jan Dibbets, speed artist (Dutch Mountains)
Born :07/16/1941Jan G H Krajenbrink, Dutch 2nd Chamber member (CDA)
Born :06/05/1941Jeffrey Rooker, Labour MP
Born :07/19/1941Jennifer Dunn, (Rep-R-Washington)
Born :08/12/1941Jennifer Warren, NYC, actress (Slap Shot, Fatal Beauty, Mutant)
Born :07/19/1941Jerry Huckaby, (Rep-D-LA, 1977- )
Born :10/08/1941Jesse Jackson, (D) clergyman/presidential candidate
Born :08/13/1941Jim Barnes, Tuckerton Ark, basketball player (Olympic-gold-1964)
Born :07/21/1941Jim Bates, (Rep-D-CA, 1983- )
Born :10/14/1941Jim Courter, (Rep-R-NJ, 1979- )
Born :09/19/1941Jim Fox, England, pentathlete (Olympics-1972)
Born :09/16/1941Jim McBride, NYC, director/actor (Hot Times, Breathless, Big Easy)
Born :01/09/1941Joan Baez, Staten Island, folk singer/human rights advocate
Born :09/26/1941Joe Bauer, rocker (Youngbloods)
Born :05/13/1941Joe Brown, singer/guitarist
Born :09/16/1941Joe Butler, rocker (Lovin' Spoonful)
Born :11/01/1941Joe Louis Caldwell, Texas City, basketball player (Olympic-gold-1964)
Born :09/20/1941John A Wismont Jr, Calif, watercolor painter (over 50,000)
Born :04/26/1941John Battle, MP
Born :01/04/1941John Bennett Perry, Williamstown Mass, singer/actor (Falcon Crest)
Born :12/13/1941John Davidson, Pitts, TV host (Hollywood Squares, That's Incredible)
Born :06/14/1941John Edgar Widerman, US writer
Born :06/09/1941John Lord, England, keyboardist (Deep Purple-Hush)
Born :08/30/1941John McNally, rocker (Searchers)
Born :05/16/1941John McWilliams, MP
Born :12/06/1941John Nelson, San Jos‚ Costa Rica, conductor (Les Troyens of Berlioz)
Born :02/04/1941John Steel, rock drummer (Animals-House of the Rising Sun)
Born :04/24/1941John Williams, Melbourne Australia, guitarist (Acad Award)
Born :11/01/1941Johnny Kendall, [Johan Donkerkaat], blues singer
Born :05/31/1941Johnny Paycheck, country singer (Take This Job & Shove It)
Born :04/20/1941Joni Evans, NYC, publisher (Simon & Schuster, Random House)
Born :06/08/1941Joop H van den Berg, Dutch 2nd Chamber member (PvdA)
Born :04/27/1941Judith Blegen, Missoula Mont, opera singer (Papagena-Magic Flute)
Born :05/02/1941Jules W˜denbosch, premier Suriname
Born :04/14/1941Julie Christie, Assam India, actress (Dr Zhivago)
Born :11/21/1941Juliet Mills, London England, actress (Nanny & the Professor, QB VII)
Born :04/12/1941Julio B Euson, Aruban singer (I Use the Soap)
Born :03/27/1941June Wilkinson, Eastbourne England, actress (Pajama Tops)
Born :01/04/1941J”rg Rem‚, German/Dutch painter/graphic artist
Born :07/09/1941Karin von Aroldingen, Germany, ballet dancer (NYC Ballet Co)
Born :03/06/1941Karyn Kupcinet, actress (Carol-Gertrude Berg Show)
Born :08/10/1941Kees Van Kooten, TV-commentator/also-founder Simplisties Covenant
Born :05/31/1941Kenneth Cooper, NYC, harpsichordist/professor (Barnard, Bkln)
Born :05/15/1941Lainie Kazan, Brooklyn, singer/actress (Lust in the Dust)
Born :06/16/1941Lamont Dozier, Detroit, songwriter (Dozier-Holland-Dozier)
Born :11/28/1941Laura Antonelli, Pola Yugoslavia, actress (Wifemistress, Divine Nymph)
Born :10/10/1941Laurence Henry Tribe, Shanghai China, Harvard Law professor
Born :04/25/1941Lawrence J Smith, (Rep-D-FL, 1983- )
Born :04/02/1941Leon Russell, pianist/singer (Carny)
Born :08/05/1941Leonid D Kizim, cosmonaut (Soyuz T-3, T-10, T-15)
Born :09/09/1941Les Braid, England, bass (Swinging Blue Jeans-You're No Good)
Born :12/16/1941Lesley Stahl, Lynn Mass, White House correspondent (CBS-TV)
Born :12/27/1941Leslie Maguire, rocker (Gerry & Pacemakers-Ferry Crossed the Mersey)
Born :12/12/1941Liesbeth List, actress/singer (Theodorakis)
Born :09/24/1941Linda Eastman McCartney, NYC, Mrs Paul McCartney, rocker (Wings-Ram)
Born :01/12/1941Long John Baldry, England, blues vocalist (Don't try to Lay No Boogie)
Born :07/18/1941Lonnie Mack, Aurora Indiana, rocker (Baby What's Wrong)
Born :10/04/1941Lori Saunders, Kansas City Mo (Petticoat Junction, Dusty Trails)
Born :10/31/1941Lucas Brown Jackson, San Marcos Tx, basketballer (Olympic-gold-1964)
Born :06/12/1941Lucille Roybal-Allard, (Rep-D-California)
Born :07/18/1941Marcia Jones Smoke, Okla, 500m kayak (Olympic-bronze-1964)
Born :04/13/1941Margaret Price, Tredegar Wales, soprano (Pamlina-Die Zauberfl”te)
Born :09/18/1941Mariangela Melato, Milan Italy, actress (Flash Gordon, Summer Night)
Born :01/14/1941Marjoe Gortner, Long Beach Ca, actor (Speak Up America, Falcon Crest)
Born :06/19/1941Marlene Warfield, Queens NY, actress (Victoria-Maude)
Born :06/05/1941Martha Argerich, Buenos Aires Argentina, pianist (debut 1949)
Born :07/18/1941Martha Reeves, Detroit Mich, singer (& Vandellas-Dancing in St)
Born :08/03/1941Martha Stewart, cookbook author/actress (Those Two)
Born :11/04/1941Martin Brozius, actor
Born :05/24/1941Martin Mogg, governor (British Durham Prison)
Born :01/04/1941Maureen Reagan, 1st daughter (Ronald Reagan)
Born :12/19/1941Maurice White, drummer (Earth, Wind & Fire-Spirit)
Born :12/11/1941Max Baucus, (Sen-D-Mont)
Born :01/13/1941Meinhard Nehmer, German DR, 2 man bobsledder (Olympic-gold-1976)
Born :11/13/1941Mel Stottlemyre, Wash, pitcher (NY Yankee)/pitching coach (NY Met)
Born :01/24/1941Michael Chapman, Leeds England, rocker (Looking for 11)
Born :03/01/1941Michael L Lampton, Williamsport Pa, astronaut
Born :06/22/1941Michael Lerner, actor (8 Men Out, Harlem Nights)
Born :04/05/1941Michael Moriarity, Detroit, actor (Bang the Drum Slowly, Q, Stuff)
Born :12/27/1941Michael Pinder, rocker (Moody Blues-Nights in White Satin)
Born :04/19/1941Michel Roux, chef de cuisine
Born :03/15/1941Mike Love, rock saxophonist/vocalist (Beachboys-In My Room)
Born :04/18/1941Mike Vickers, guitarist (Manfred Mann-Mighty Quinn)
Born :09/15/1941Miroslaw Hermaszewski, 1st Polish space traveler (Soyuz 30)
Born :09/06/1941Monica Mason, England, ballerina
Born :02/12/1941Naomi Uemura, mountain climber, 1st Japanese to scale Everest
Born :07/19/1941Natalya Bessmertnova, Moscow, dancer (Bolshoi, Lenin Prize 1970)
Born :07/25/1941Nate Thurmond, NBA star (Cleveland Cavaliers)
Born :07/19/1941Neelie Smit-Kroes, Dutch politician (VVD)/minister of Traffic
Born :01/24/1941Neil Diamond, Brooklyn NY, singer/actor (Jazz Singer)
Born :05/03/1941Nona Gaprindasvili, USSR, world women's chess champ (1962-78)
Born :05/19/1941Nora Ephron, NY, writer (Heartburn)
Born :09/13/1941Oscar Arias S nchez, president of Costa Rica (1986- ) (Nobel 1987)
Born :09/09/1941Otis Redding, Georgia, rocker (Sitting on the Dock of the Bay)
Born :02/27/1941Paddy Ashton, New Delhi India, British MP leader (Soc/Lib Democrat)
Born :11/05/1941Patricia Harty, Wash DC, actress (Occasional Wife, Blondie)
Born :07/30/1941Paul Anka, Ottawa Ontario, singer (Put Your Head on My Shoulder)
Born :12/02/1941Paul C W Chu, China, physicists, superconductivity researcher
Born :08/28/1941Paul Peter Plishka, Old Forge Penn, bass (Bronx Botanical Gardens)
Born :04/10/1941Paul Theroux, American travel book writer (Mosquito Coast)
Born :02/14/1941Paul Tsongas, (Sen-D-Mass)
Born :05/22/1941Paul Winfield, LA, actor (Star Trek II, Huckleberry Finn)
Born :04/08/1941Peggy Lennon, LA Calif, singer (Lennon Sisters)
Born :04/14/1941Pete Rose, Cincinnati Reds, Charlie hustle (most hits in majors)
Born :11/17/1941Peter Hoagland, (Rep-D-Nebraska)
Born :01/21/1941Placido Domingo, Madrid Spain, opera tenor (Pinkerton-Mme Butterfly)
Born :08/04/1941Quincey Daniels, Biloxi Miss, boxer (Olympic-bronze-1960)
Born :12/29/1941Ray Thomas, rocker (Moody Blues-Nights in White Satin)
Born :10/05/1941Ricardo Hoffmann, marathon swimmer (299 miles)
Born :07/28/1941Riccardo Muti, Napoli Italy, conductor (Philadelphia Orch)
Born :01/31/1941Richard A Gephardt, (Rep-D-MO, 1977- )
Born :12/06/1941Richard Speck, mass murderer (killed 8 student nurses in 1966)
Born :01/21/1941Richie Havens, Bkln, folk singer (Here Comes the Sun)
Born :05/13/1941Ritchie Valens, singer (Donna, La Bamba)
Born :03/30/1941Robert C Smith, (Rep-R-NH, 1985- )
Born :06/13/1941Robert Forester, Rochester NY, actor (Banyon, Nakia)
Born :07/13/1941Robert Forster, Rochester NY, actor (Lady in Red, Alligator)
Born :11/01/1941Robert Foxworth, Houston Tx, actor (Chase-Falcon Crest, Frankenstein)
Born :07/10/1941Robert Pine, Scarsdale NY, actor (Joe Getraer-CHiPs)
Born :09/17/1941Robert T Matsui, (Rep-D-California, 1979- )
Born :08/29/1941Robin Leach, TV host (Life Styles of Rich & Famous)
Born :07/01/1941Rod Gilbert, Canada, NHL wing (NY Rangers)
Born :09/27/1941Roger J J Claessen, Belgian soccer star
Born :12/11/1941Rogier van Otterloo, composer/conductor
Born :08/01/1941Ron Brown, actor (Charlie the Lonesome Cougar)
Born :11/29/1941Ronald D Coleman, (Rep-D-TX, 1983- )
Born :05/21/1941Ronald Isley, singer (Isley Brothers-Twist & Shout)
Born :06/12/1941Roy Harper, Manchester, rocker (Folkjokeopus)
Born :05/12/1941Ruud de Wolff, singer/guitarist (Blue Diamonds)
Born :04/20/1941Ryan O'Neal, LA Calif, actor (Peyton Place, Paper Moon, Love Story)
Born :07/01/1941Sally Quinn, Georgia, CBS newscaster (Morning Show)
Born :12/18/1941Sam Andrew, rocker (Big Brother & Holding Company-Cheap Thrills)
Born :01/06/1941Sandy Denny, rock vocalist (Fairport Convention-If You Gotta Go)
Born :12/31/1941Sarah Miles, Essex, England, actress (Ryan's Hope, Big Sleep, Venom)
Born :07/09/1941Scotty Baesler, (Rep-D-Kentucky)
Born :05/13/1941Senta Berger, Vienna Austria, actress (Cast a Giant Shadow)
Born :02/11/1941Sergio Mendes, jazz/pop musician (Brazil '66/'77/'88)
Born :06/10/1941Shirley Alston, Passaic NJ, singer (Shirelles-Soldier Boy)
Born :10/19/1941Simon Ward, England, actor (4 Musketeers, 4 Feathers)
Born :08/20/1941Slobodan Milocevic, premier Serbia
Born :06/02/1941Stacy Keach, Savannah Ga, actor (Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer)
Born :06/20/1941Stephen Frears, director (Prick Up Your Ears, Dangerous Liaisons)
Born :02/05/1941Stephen J Cannell, producer (Rockford Files)
Born :06/29/1941Stokeley Carmichael, [Kwame Toure], US, Black Power-activist
Born :08/30/1941Sue MacGregor, BBC-radio hostess
Born :02/25/1941Susan Browning, Baldwin NY, actress (Pat-Mary Hartman)
Born :01/09/1941Susannah York, London, actress (A Man for All Seasons, Tom Jones)
Born :07/22/1941Susie Maxwell Berning, golfer (US Women's Open 1968,72,73)
Born :03/30/1941Sven Hamrin, Sweden, road race cycler (Olympic-bronze-1964)
Born :07/09/1941Takehide Nakatani, Japan, lightweight (Olympic-gold-1964)
Born :08/04/1941Ted Strickland, (Rep-D-Ohio)
Born :03/29/1941Terence Hill, Venice Italy, actor (Super Fuzz, They Call Me Trinity)
Born :08/07/1941Thomas F Hartnett, (Rep-R-SC, 1981-86)
Born :07/22/1941Thomas Wayne, rocker (Tragedy)
Born :12/10/1941Tim Considine, Louisville Ky, actor (Mike-My 3 Sons)
Born :12/23/1941Tim Hardin, Oregon, singer (If I Were a Carpenter, Bird on a Wire)
Born :12/12/1941Tim Hauser, jazz singer (Manhattan Transfer-Tuxedo Junction)
Born :10/16/1941Tim McCarver, baseball catcher (NY Mets)/sportscaster (ABC, CBS)
Born :01/18/1941Tom Bailey, rock vocalist (Thompson Twins-Doctor Doctor)
Born :11/22/1941Tom Conti, Scotland, actor (Reuben, Reuben)
Born :06/13/1941Tom Hallick, Buffalo NY, actor (Search)
Born :02/08/1941Tom Rush, NH, rock guitarist/vocalist (Circle Game, Urge For Going)
Born :09/16/1941Tommy Carberry, jockey
Born :12/10/1941Tommy Rettig, Jackson Heights NY, actor (Jeff's Collie-Lassie)
Born :05/24/1941Tony Valentino, rocker (Standells-Dirty Water)
Born :10/09/1941Trent Lott, (Rep-R-MS, 1973- )
Born :07/01/1941Twyla Tharp, Indiana, choreographer (Twyla Tharp Dance Troupe)
Born :06/20/1941Ulf Merbold, German physicist/astronaut (Spacelab)
Born :01/03/1941Van Dyke Parks, Alabama, actor/musician (Bonino, Billy Crystal Hour)
Born :07/20/1941Viktor Afanasiyevich Lyakhov, Russia, cosmonaut (Soyuz 32, T-9)
Born :02/16/1941Vitali Kuznetsov, USSR, judo (Olympic-silver-1972)
Born :09/25/1941Vivian Stern, director (Nacros)
Born :09/17/1941William Grut, Sweden, penthalete (Olympic-gold-1948)
Born :06/02/1941William Guest, Atlanta Ga, singer (Gladys Knight Show)
Born :08/20/1941William H Gray III, Baton Rouge La, (Rep-D-PA, 1978- )
Born :02/23/1941William Hj”rtsberg, NYC, writer (Gray Matters, Fallen Angel)
Born :09/06/1941Willibrord Frequin, Dutch TV reporter
Born :03/18/1941Wilson Pickett, Prattville Alabama, R&B singer (Funky Broadway)
Born :05/10/1941Win Bischoff, CEO (Schroders)
Born :08/27/1941Yuri V Malyshev, cosmonaut (Soyuz T-2, T-11)
Born :01/14/1941[Dorothy] Faye Dunaway, Bascom Fl, actress (Chinatown, Bonnie & Clyde)




Died :03/13/1941A Coenradi, Dutch resistance fighter, executed
Died :02/28/1941Alfonso XIII, King of Spain (1902-31), dies at 54
Died :12/06/1941Anthony G Kr”ller, entrepreneur/govt advisor, dies
Died :03/13/1941Bernard Iron wire, Dutch resistance fighter, executed
Died :03/20/1941D A van den Bosch, anti-nazi clergyman (Amersfoort Camp), dies
Died :05/07/1941David W˜nkoop, revolutionary socialist, dies
Died :03/13/1941E Hellenbyn, Dutch resistance fighter, executed
Died :03/03/1941Ernst Cahn, owner of Amsterdam Koco ice cream parlor, executed
Died :04/08/1941Eugne-Marcel Pr‚vost, novelist, dies
Died :07/10/1941Ferdinand "Jelly Roll" Morton, pioneer jazz pianist, dies at 56 in LA
Died :11/08/1941Gaetano Mosca, Italian sociologist (Elite Circle), dies
Died :03/06/1941Gutzon Borglum, sculptor (Mt Rushmore), dies at 73
Died :06/12/1941Guy de Pourtals, Swiss/French writer (Pˆche miraculous), dies
Died :05/27/1941Gnther Ltjens, German admiral (Bismarck), dies
Died :01/04/1941Henri Bergson, French philosopher (Le Rire, Nobel 1928), dies
Died :04/01/1941Hippolyte Delehaye, Flemish historian, dies
Died :06/01/1941Hugh S Walpole, British writer (Killer & the Slain), dies
Died :06/29/1941Ignace Paderewski, Polish statesman pianist, dies in NY at 80
Died :01/29/1941Ioannis Metaxas, Greek general/dictator (1936-41), commits suicide
Died :03/17/1941Isaak Emmanuilovich Babel, Rus writer (Crvena Konjica), dies at 46
Died :03/13/1941J Eyl, Dutch resistance fighter, executed
Died :04/14/1941Jack Edmonson, Australian corporal in Tobroek (Victoria Cross), dies
Died :01/13/1941James Joyce, novelist (Ulysses), dies in Zrich Switzerland, at 58
Died :04/26/1941Jean Demoor, Belgian physician/physiology, dies at 74
Died :06/17/1941Johan Wagenaar, composer/conductor/organist (Cyrano de Bergerac), dies
Died :03/16/1941John Murray, Canada oceanographer (Challenger), dies at 73
Died :10/17/1941John S Plaskett, Canadian astronomer (Plaskett's twins), dies
Died :04/16/1941Josiah Charles Stamp, 1st baron/statisician, dies
Died :11/21/1941Juanita Spellini, first women executed in Calif
Died :03/06/1941Leen Schijvenschuurder, February strike leader, executed
Died :06/16/1941Lodo of Hamel, 1st Dutch secret affiliate, dies
Died :05/23/1941Lord Herbert Austin, motor manufacturer, dies
Died :06/02/1941Lou Gehrig, Yankee 1st baseman, dies at 37 of ALS in Riverdale NY
Died :10/05/1941Louis D Brandeis, 1st Jewish Supreme Court Just (1916-39), dies at 84
Died :06/10/1941Marcus Garvey, dies at 52 in London England
Died :07/26/1941Marx Dormoy, French socialist, killed by a time bomb
Died :04/03/1941Pal Teleki-von Szek, premier Hungary (1920-21, 39-41), commits suicide
Died :04/02/1941Paul Teleki, premier Hungary, dies
Died :11/25/1941Pedro Aguirre Cerda, president Chili (People's Front), dies
Died :08/07/1941Radindranath Tagore, Indies philosopher/poet/writer, dies
Died :03/24/1941Raf[ael] Verhulst, Flemish writer (Robert & Bertrand), dies at 75
Died :01/08/1941Robert Baden-Powell, founder of the Boy Scout movement, dies
Died :10/25/1941Robert D‚launay, French painter, dies at 56
Died :02/11/1941Rudolf Hilferding, German economist/Min of Finance (SPD), suicide
Died :03/08/1941Sherwood Anderson, US writer/publisher (Winesburg Ohio), dies at 64
Died :06/20/1941Stephanie H (Lapidoth-)Swarth, author (Lonely flowers, dies
Died :10/24/1941S ndor Rem‚nyik, [V‚gv ri], Hungarian poet (Campfire), dies at 51
Died :03/28/1941Virginia [Adeline] Woolf-Stephen, author (To the Lighthouse), dies
Died :06/04/1941Wilhelm II von Hohenzollern, emperor (Germany, 1888-1918), dies
Interest:08/14/1941[RC] Memorial of Maximilian Kolbe, priest, martyr at Auschwitz




Special :07/26/1941"Camp Amersfoort" opened by Germany occupiers
Special :05/01/1941"Citizen Kane," directed & starring Orson Welles, premiers in NY
Special :10/16/1941"Gordo" comic strip (by Gus Arriola) 1st appears in newspapers
Special :02/10/1941"Illegale Het Parool" [Slogan] begins publishing in Netherlands
Special :05/31/1941-June 1) 32.0 cm rain falls on Burlington Kansas (state record)
Special :04/20/1941100 German bombers attack Athens
Special :07/16/1941100ø F (38ø C) highest temperature ever recorded in Seattle Wash
Special :11/30/1941101 year old Nyack-Tarrytown (NY) ferry makes it's last run
Special :05/15/19411st British turbojet flies
Special :09/12/19411st German ship in WW2 captured by US ship (Busko)
Special :12/14/19411st NFL division playoff, Bears beat Packers 33-14
Special :07/19/19411st US Army flying school for black cadets dedicted (Tuskegee Ala)
Special :12/09/19411st US WW II bombing mission in Far East, Luzon, Philippines
Special :03/01/19411st US commercial FM radio station goes on the air, Nashville, Tenn
Special :10/17/19411st US destroyer (Kearney) torpedoed in WW II, off Iceland
Special :06/16/19411st US federally owned airport opened Wash DC
Special :05/21/19411st US ship sunk by a U-boat (Robin Moor)
Special :09/27/19411st WW II liberty ship, freighter Patrick Henry, launched
Special :03/08/19411st baseball player drafted into WW II (Hugh Mulcahy, Phillies)
Special :07/01/19411st coml TV licenses granted-W2XBS-WNBT (NBC) & WCBW (CBS), NYC
Special :01/21/19411st commercial extraction of magnesium from seawater, Freeport, TX
Special :04/15/19411st helicopter flight of 1 hr duration, Stratford, Ct
Special :02/10/19411st highway post office makes 1st trip, Wash, DC-Harrisonburg, VA
Special :06/06/19411st navy vessel constructed as mine layer Terror launched
Special :05/28/19411st night game at Wash DC, Griffith stadium (Yanks 6, Senators 5)
Special :02/20/19411st transport of Jews to concentration camp (Plotsk Poland)
Special :09/03/19411st use of Zyclon-B gas in Auschwitz
Special :10/19/19411st woman jockey in North America, Anna Lee Wiley in Mexico
Special :02/26/19412 fighters unable to continued slugfest, referee declears double KO
Special :07/21/1941200 Jewish Torahs are burned in Ukraine
Special :06/21/19412nd French troops occupies Damascus Syria
Special :09/30/19413,721 Jews are buried alive at Babi Yarravine (near Kiev) Ukraine
Special :12/09/1941300 Montgomery, SF opens as new Bank of America HQ
Special :06/01/194131.98 cm (12.59") rainfall, Burlington, Kansas (state 24-hr record)
Special :03/07/19413rd largest snowfall in NYC history (18.1")
Special :01/06/19414 Freedoms Day (Speech, Worship, From want & From fear)
Special :05/25/19415,000 drown in a storm at Ganges Delta region in India
Special :08/07/1941551 Jews are shot in Kishnev ghetto in Romania
Special :10/02/19416 Parisian synagogues are bombed
Special :07/14/19416,000 Lithuanian Jews are exterminated at Viszalsyan Camp
Special :09/24/19419 Allied govts pledged adherence to Atlantic Charter
Special :03/13/1941A Bougne forms AGRA (Amis du Grand Reich Allemand)
Special :04/26/1941A tradition begins, 1st organ at a baseball stadium (Chicago Cubs)
Special :07/08/1941AL beats NL 7-5 in 9th All Star Game (Briggs Stadium, Detroit)
Special :05/10/1941Adolph Hitler's deputy Rudolf Hess parachutes into Scotland
Special :06/21/1941After winning 20 straight at Fenway, Lefty Grove loses to Browns
Special :12/30/1941Al Capone's son Sonny marries in Miami Beach
Special :07/08/1941All Jews living in Baltic States are obligated to wear a Jewish Star
Special :09/06/1941All Jews over age 6 in German territories ordered to wear a star
Special :11/26/1941Amateur tennis champ Bobby Riggs turns pro
Special :05/26/1941American Flag House (Betsy Ross' Home) given to city of Phila
Special :12/23/1941American forces on Wake Island surrender to Japanese
Special :06/09/1941Ammunition plant at Fort Smederovo in Belgrade explodes; kills 1,500
Special :05/18/1941An Egyptian steamer sinks
Special :01/31/1941Anti-German demonstration in Haarlem Netherlands
Special :01/31/1941Anti-German disturbances in Heerlen
Special :05/20/1941Archer's "Christian Calendar & Gregorian Reform" published
Special :05/26/1941Ark Royal airplane sights German battleship Bismarck
Special :08/14/1941Atlantic Charter signed by FDR & Churchill
Special :02/06/1941Auke Adema wins 7th Dutch Elfstedentocht skate
Special :01/21/1941Australia & Britian attack Tobroek Libya
Special :06/03/1941Author Irving Wallace marries writer Sylvia Kahn
Special :07/19/1941BBC World Service begins playing V(ictory) (...-) 5th of Beethoven
Special :02/06/1941Battle of Beda Fomm: Italian 10th army destroyed
Special :04/06/1941Begin oper Bestrafung-Germany bomb attacks Belgrade (17,000 die)
Special :08/03/1941Benzine sales limited in US
Special :06/27/1941Bialystok Poland falls to Germany
Special :05/24/1941Bismarck sinks British battle cruiser HMS Hood (1416 die)
Special :03/16/1941Blizzard hits North Dakota & Minnesota killing 60
Special :03/15/1941Blizzard in ND kills 151
Special :02/25/1941Boston Bruins set NHL record of 23-game unbeaten streak (15-0-8)
Special :04/12/1941Boston Bruins sweep Detroit Red Wings for Stanley Cup
Special :03/27/1941Britain leases defense bases in Trinidad to US for 99 years
Special :11/27/1941British 13th Army corp reaches Tobroek
Special :05/07/1941British House of Commons votes for Churchill (477-3)
Special :07/19/1941British PM Winston Churchill launched his "V for Victory" campaign
Special :02/04/1941British Panzer division occupies Maus, Libi‰
Special :11/13/1941British aircraft carrier "Ark Royal" sank in Mediterranean
Special :05/15/1941British attack Halfaya-pass & Fort Capuzzo in Egypt & Libya
Special :12/10/1941British battleship Prince of Wales sinks off Singapore
Special :04/17/1941British troop land in Iraq/Yugoslavia; surrender to nazis
Special :05/22/1941British troop take Baghdad
Special :11/26/1941British troops conquer Belhamed, Sidi Rezegh & El Duda
Special :02/06/1941British troops conquer Bengazi, Libya
Special :01/30/1941British troops conquer Derna Libya
Special :02/09/1941British troops conquer El Agheila
Special :03/07/1941British troops invade Abyssinia (Ethiopia)
Special :01/24/1941British troops march into Abyssinia
Special :11/18/1941British troops open attack on Tobroek, North-Africa
Special :12/23/1941British troops overrun Benghazi Libya
Special :02/28/1941British-Italian dogfight above Albania
Special :01/22/1941British/Australian troops capture Tobruk from Italians
Special :01/05/1941British/Australian troops conquer Bardia
Special :09/25/1941Brooklyn Dodgers win their 1st pennent in 21 years
Special :04/19/1941Bulgarian troops occupy Macedonia
Special :07/01/1941Bulova Watch Co. pays $9 for 1st ever network TV commercial
Special :01/03/1941Canada & US acquire air bases in Newfoundland (99 yr lease)
Special :03/25/1941Carolina Paprika Mills, Dillon, SC, incorporated
Special :02/14/1941Carson McCuller's "Reflections in a Golden Eye" published
Special :02/14/1941Cebrie Park in the Bronx renamed Halsey Street
Special :10/27/1941Chicago Daily Tribune editorialize there will not be war with Japan
Special :12/09/1941China declares war on Japan, Germany & Italy
Special :12/09/1941Citizen Register reports "Hostile planes reported nearing Westchester"
Special :06/--/1941Clandestine Radio Espania Independence begins transmitting
Special :05/07/1941Cornerstone of B of A building at 300 Montgomery laid
Special :11/15/1941Cow Palace opens in San Francisco
Special :02/26/1941Cowboys' Amateur Association of America organized (Calif)
Special :06/07/1941Craig Wood wins US Open golf tournament
Special :12/08/1941Destruction Camp Chelmo opens
Special :07/02/1941DiMaggio breaks Willie Keeler's 44 game hitting streak (45th of 56)
Special :06/29/1941DiMaggio extends hitting streak to 42 breaking Sisler's record
Special :02/15/1941Duke Ellington 1st records "Take the A Train"
Special :02/05/1941Dutch Premier De Geer returns from Lisbon to Netherlands
Special :02/04/1941Dutch premier De Geer flies to Berlin
Special :09/21/1941E Delporte discovers asteroid #1543 Bourgeois
Special :07/02/1941Earthquake hits Palestine
Special :05/10/1941Eddie Arcaro on Whirlaway wins 66th Preakness Stakes (1:58.8)
Special :05/03/1941Eddie Arcaro on Whirlaway wins 67th Kentucky Derby (2:01.4)
Special :03/01/1941Elmer Layden becomes 1st NFL commisioner
Special :05/05/1941Emperor Haile Selassie returns to Addis Ababa
Special :11/03/1941Emperor Hirohiti accord with Yamamoto's attack plan on Pearl Harbor
Special :05/10/1941England's House of Commons detroyed in a blitz
Special :06/08/1941English & French troop overthrow pro-German Syria
Special :08/25/1941English & Russian troops attack pro-German Iran
Special :05/09/1941English Army breaks German spy codes
Special :05/30/1941English Army enters Baghdad, chasing pro-German coup government
Special :09/08/1941Entire Jewish community of Meretsch, Lithuania is exterminated
Special :09/15/1941F Rigaux discovers asteroid #1555 Dejan
Special :06/25/1941FDR issues Executive Order 8802 forbidding discrimination
Special :05/27/1941FDR proclaimes an "unlimited national emergency"
Special :03/11/1941FDR signs Lend-Lease Bill
Special :01/06/1941FDR's "4 Freedoms" speech (speech, worship, from want & from fear)
Special :06/25/1941Fair Employment Practices Commission established
Special :02/25/1941February strike against spread of Judaism
Special :06/25/1941Finland declares war on Soviet Union
Special :06/26/1941Finland enters WW II against Russia
Special :06/22/1941Finland invades Karelia
Special :07/15/1941Florey & Heatley present freeze dried mold cultures (Pencillin)
Special :12/05/1941Football Writers Association of America organized
Special :05/20/1941Former Dutch premier Colijn says Neth Indie not ready for independence
Special :08/12/1941French Marshal Henri Petain gave full support to Nazi Germany
Special :09/28/1941G Kulin discovers asteroid #1546 Izsak
Special :10/20/1941G Kulin discovers asteroid #1710 Gothard
Special :12/15/1941Gas/electrical use restricted in Holland
Special :09/23/1941General de Gaulle forms govt in exile in London
Special :02/14/1941German Africa Corps lands in Tripoli, Libya
Special :05/10/1941German Luftwaffe strikes London with fire bombs
Special :05/08/1941German Q-ship Pinguin sinks in Indian Ocean
Special :11/20/1941German Q/pirate ship Kormoran sinks near Australia
Special :09/23/1941German air raid on Russ naval base Kronstadt (battleship Marat sinks)
Special :07/27/1941German army enters Ukraine
Special :05/01/1941German assault on Tobroek
Special :03/24/1941German attack near El Agheila Libya
Special :05/27/1941German battleship Bismarck sunk by British naval force
Special :04/06/1941German bombardment on Piraeus (munitions ship explodes)
Special :03/30/1941German counter offensive in North-Africa
Special :04/02/1941German occupier disallows Dutch scouting assn
Special :05/26/1941German occupiers begin youth labor
Special :03/12/1941German occupiers confiscate AVRO studios in Netherlands
Special :12/13/1941German occupiers forbid National Front & Netherland Union
Special :07/30/1941German occupiers forbid SDAP, VDB, ARP, RKSP, CHU & SGP in Netherlands
Special :05/31/1941German occupiers forbids Jews access to beach & swimming pools
Special :06/03/1941German occupiers stamp "J" on Jewish passports
Special :12/12/1941German occupying army do a house search in Paris looking for Jews
Special :12/07/1941German siege of Tobroek after 8 months ends
Special :04/04/1941German troops conquer Banghazi
Special :11/16/1941German troops conquer Kertsj
Special :04/10/1941German troops conquer Libyan county Cyrenaica
Special :08/25/1941German troops conquer Nowgorod, Leningrad
Special :12/17/1941German troops led by Rommel begin retreating in North Africa
Special :03/01/1941German troops take Bulgaria
Special :12/11/1941Germany & Italy declare war on US
Special :10/16/1941Germany advances within 60 miles (96 K) of Moscow
Special :10/25/1941Germany attacks Moscow
Special :06/01/1941Germany bans all Catholic publications
Special :03/31/1941Germany begins a counter offensive in Africa
Special :04/11/1941Germany blitzes Conventry, England
Special :05/20/1941Germany invades Crete
Special :05/19/1941Germany occupiers forbid taxis
Special :06/01/1941Germany occupies Kreta
Special :11/12/1941Germany's drive to take Moscow halted
Special :06/22/1941Germany, Italy & Romania declares war on Soviet Union during WW II
Special :05/07/1941Glenn Miller records "Chattanooga Choo Choo" for RCA
Special :11/14/1941Gov-Gen Wouters of Dutch Antilles refuses Jews refugees
Special :03/22/1941Grand Coulee Dam in Washington goes into operation
Special :05/12/1941Great British convoy marches into Alexandria
Special :08/31/1941Great Gildersleeve, a spin-off of Fibber McGee & Molly debuts on NBC
Special :04/21/1941Greece surrenders to nazi-Germany
Special :01/23/1941Ground breaking for NACA (now NASA) Lewis Research Center
Special :06/14/1941Ground broken for Boeing Plant II (ex-AFLC Plant 13) Wichita KS
Special :03/31/1941Ground broken for Union Square Garage, SF
Special :04/13/1941Heavy German assault on Tobroek
Special :09/29/1941Heavyweight Champ Joe Louis KOs Lou Nova in 6 in NYC
Special :03/21/1941Heavyweight Joe Louis KOs Abe Simon
Special :06/18/1941Heavyweight Joe Louis KOs Billy Conn
Special :04/08/1941Heavyweight Joe Louis KOs Tony Musto in St Louis
Special :05/23/1941Heavyweight Joe Louis beats Buddy Baer (disqualification) in Wash DC
Special :03/01/1941Himmler inspects Auschwitz concentration camp
Special :07/21/1941Himmler orders building of Majdanek concentration camp
Special :05/10/1941Holborn Theater in London destroyed
Special :04/05/1941In SF, Castro & Fillmore streetcars replaced by buses
Special :11/24/1941Indian infantry attacks German tanks at Sidi Omar
Special :03/30/1941Indiana University wins NCAA basketball championship
Special :04/03/1941Iraq (Rasjid al-Gailani forms pro-German regime
Special :04/06/1941Italian held Addis Ababa surrenders to British & Ethiopian forces
Special :09/17/1941J Willis discovers asteroid #1745 Ferguson
Special :07/14/1941Jam rationed in Holland
Special :10/15/1941Japan Tojo regime forms
Special :12/25/1941Japan announces surrender of British-Canadian garrison at Hong Kong
Special :12/23/1941Japan begins assault on Rangoon Burma
Special :12/27/1941Japan bombs Manila even though it was declared an "open city"
Special :12/07/1941Japanese attack Pearl Harbor (a date that will live in infamy)
Special :12/11/1941Japanese attack Wake Island (only failed WW II-landing)
Special :07/27/1941Japanese forces land in Indo-China
Special :12/11/1941Japanese occupy Guam
Special :12/22/1941Japans invasion leader lands on Luzon, Phillipine
Special :12/18/1941Japanse troops land on Hong Kong
Special :12/10/1941Japanse troops overrun Guam
Special :05/18/1941Jewish veterans honor their dead
Special :08/02/1941Jews are expelled from Hungarian Ruthenia
Special :10/15/1941Jews caught outside Polish Ghetto walls could be put to death
Special :09/01/1941Jews living in Germany are required to wear a yellow Jewish star
Special :09/06/1941Jews of Vilna Poland are confined to a ghetto
Special :09/16/1941Jews of Vilna Poland confined to Ghetto
Special :03/19/1941Jimmy Dorsey & Orch record "Green Eyes" & "Maria Elena"
Special :05/15/1941Joe DiMaggio starts 56-game hitting streak; Yanks win 13-1
Special :07/17/1941Joe DiMaggio's 56 game hitting streak ends
Special :07/16/1941Joe Dimaggio goes 3 for 4, hitting in his 56th straight game
Special :07/01/1941Joe Dimaggio on way to 56, ties Willie Keeler's 44 game hit streak
Special :01/31/1941Joe Louis beats Red Burman
Special :02/17/1941Joe Louis retains heavyweight boxing crown, KOing Gus Dorazio
Special :05/06/1941Josef Stalin becomes leader of USSR
Special :02/26/1941K Reinmuth discovers asteroid #1632 Siebohme
Special :02/15/1941K Reinmuth discovers asteroids #1561 Fricke & #1785 Wurm
Special :09/03/1941KYW TV channel 3 in Philadelphia, PA (NBC) begins broadcasting
Special :12/06/1941King Leopold of Belgium marries Lilian Baels
Special :08/15/1941Kovono Lithuanian Jews are herded into Slobodka ghetto
Special :09/26/1941L Oterma discovers asteroid #1705 Tapio
Special :11/12/1941L Oterma discovers asteroid #2107 Ilmari
Special :10/16/1941L Oterma discovers asteroid #2159 Kukkamaki
Special :09/27/1941L Oterma discovers asteroid #2195 Tengstrom
Special :03/19/1941L Oterma discovers asteroid #2291 Kevo
Special :03/18/1941L Oterma discovers asteroids #1679 Nevanlinna & #2640 Hallstrom
Special :04/19/1941L Oterma discovers asteroids #2804 Yrjo & #3497
Special :03/24/1941LIU beats Ohio U 56-42 for NIT basketball championship
Special :12/02/1941Largest roller skating rink (outside of NYC) opens in Peekskill NY
Special :05/16/1941Last great German air attack on Great Britain (Birmingham)
Special :12/13/1941Lawine battlers destroy Haaraz, Peru; about 3,000 die
Special :11/26/1941Lebanon gains independence from France
Special :03/10/1941Lee MacPhail, Dodger GM predicts all players will wear batting helmets
Special :06/26/1941Lithuanian facists massacre 2,300 Jews in Kovno
Special :04/16/1941Little Theatre at Adelphi Strand closes
Special :02/11/1941Lt-Gen Erwin Garbage arrives in Tripoli
Special :01/09/1941Maiden flight by Canada's Avro Lancaster military plane
Special :04/19/1941Milk rationed in Holland
Special :11/18/1941Mussolini's forces leave Abyssinia/Ethiopia
Special :03/04/1941NHL Chicago goalee Samuel LoPresti stops record 80 of 83 Boston shots
Special :08/01/1941NY Yankee Lefty Gomez walks must (11) in a shutout (Yanks 9, St L 0)
Special :10/06/1941NY Yankees beat Dodgers 4 games to 1, in 38th World Series
Special :07/06/1941NY Yankees unviel a monument to Lou Gehrig in centerfield
Special :12/06/1941NYC Council agrees to build Idlewild (Kennedy) Airport in Queens
Special :11/22/1941NZ troops conquer Ft Capuzzo Lybia
Special :03/17/1941National Gallery of Art, Wash DC opens
Special :04/01/1941Navy takes over Treasure Island (SF Bay)
Special :09/29/1941Nazi mass murder at Babi Jar, Soviet Union
Special :07/02/1941Nazi mass murder in Lvov/Lemberg (7,000 dead)
Special :10/03/1941Nazi's burn 6 synagoges in Paris
Special :10/27/1941Nazi's directs gypsy ghetto in Belgrade
Special :09/19/1941Nazi's force German Jews, 6 & over to wear Jewish stars
Special :09/26/1941Nazi's slaughter about 34,000 Jews of Kiev
Special :07/07/1941Nazis executed 5,000 Jews in Kovono Lithuania
Special :06/24/1941Nazis exterminate entire male population of Gargzdai
Special :09/15/1941Nazis kill 800 Jewish women at Shkudvil Lithuania
Special :02/20/1941Nazis order Polish Jews barred from using public transportation
Special :02/09/1941Nazis provoke 1st anti-Jewish riots in Amsterdam
Special :01/01/1941Netherlands begins taxing wages
Special :05/19/1941New nazi battleship Bismarck leaves Gdynia, Poland
Special :02/12/1941Occupation Police arrest "Jewish Foursome"
Special :04/17/1941Office of Price Administration established (handled rationing)
Special :04/09/1941PGA establishes Golf Hall of Fame
Special :08/18/1941Phillies commit 8 errors in a game
Special :09/28/1941Phillies lose club record 111th game
Special :02/19/1941Police surprise attack on Koco ice cream parlor in Amsterdam
Special :04/26/1941Potatoes rationed in Holland
Special :07/19/1941President Roosevelt appointed FEP Committee
Special :01/11/1941Princess Irene Brigade established in Congleton
Special :06/30/1941Pro-nazi group declares Ukraine independence
Special :05/05/1941Pulitzer prize awarded to Robert E Sherwood (There shall be no night)
Special :07/25/1941Red Sox Lefty Grove becomes 12th to win 300 games (his last victory)
Special :08/13/1941Red army evacuates Smolensk
Special :02/20/1941Romania breaks relations with Netherland
Special :12/05/1941Russian anti offensive in Moscow drives out nazi army
Special :10/12/1941Russian govt moves from Moscow to Volga as Nazis close in on Moscow
Special :04/13/1941Russian-Japan no-attack treaty goes into effect
Special :09/21/1941S Arend discovers asteroid #2231 Durrell
Special :12/08/1941SF 1st blackout, at 6:15 PM
Special :07/18/1941SS drowns 40 Jews in Dvina River, Belorussia
Special :12/16/1941Sarawak occupied by Japanese
Special :03/28/1941Sea battle at Cape Matapan
Special :02/22/1941Secret police begin rounding up Jews in Amsterdam
Special :01/10/1941Seys-Inquart begins registration of Jews
Special :08/27/1941Shah of Iran abdicates throne to his son Reza Pahlawi
Special :08/30/1941Siege of Leningrad by Nazi troops began during WW II
Special :12/05/1941Sister Elizabeth Kenny new treatment for infantile paralysis approved
Special :04/30/1941Spread of Judaism begins in Croatia
Special :10/18/1941Spy Richard Sorge arrested in Tokyo
Special :08/30/1941St Louis Card Lon Warneke no-hits Cin Reds, 2-0
Special :09/28/1941Ted Williams assures his .400 avg on last day with 6 hits
Special :05/02/1941Ted Williams lowest average (.308) in year he hit over .400
Special :06/18/1941Turkey signs peace treaty with nazi-Germany
Special :12/08/1941US & Britain declare war on Japan, US enters WW II
Special :12/01/1941US Civil Air Patrol (CAP) organizes
Special :07/07/1941US forces land in Iceland to forestall Nazi invasion
Special :09/21/1941US launches its 1st Liberty-ship, "Patrick Henry"
Special :10/26/1941US savings bonds go on sale
Special :11/24/1941US troops attack Suriname due to bauxite mine
Special :11/06/1941USA lends Soviet Union $1 million
Special :10/30/1941USS Reuben James torpedoed by Germans, even though US is not in war
Special :12/15/1941USS Swordfish becomes 1st US sub to sink a Japanese ship
Special :11/27/1941USSR begins a counter offensive causes Germany to retreat
Special :02/04/1941United Service Organization (USO) founded
Special :07/13/1941Vic Ghezzi wins PGA golf tournament
Special :07/01/1941WCBW (now WCBS) TV channel 2 in NY, NY (CBS) begins broadcasting
Special :07/01/1941WNBT TV (W2XBS, Now WNBC) channel 4 in NYC (NBC) begins broadcasting
Special :01/23/1941WOR-AM in Newark NJ moves to NYC
Special :11/12/1941WOV-AM & WNEW-AM in NYC swaps call letters
Special :03/29/1941WPAT radio in NJ begins broadcasting (country music format)
Special :10/23/1941Walt Disney's "Dumbo" released
Special :01/16/1941War Dept forms 1st Army Air Corps squadron for black cadets
Special :06/07/1941Whirlaway wins Belmont Stakes & triple crown
Special :05/10/1941Whirlaway wins Preakness Stakes
Special :12/22/1941Winston Churchill arrives in Washington for a wartime conference
Special :03/29/1941Wisconsin beats Wash State for NCAA basketball championship
Special :04/22/1941Y Vaisala discovers asteroid #1567 Alikoski
Special :04/26/1941Y Vaisala discovers asteroid #2091 Sampo
Special :08/26/1941Y Vaisala discovers asteroids #1542 Schalen & #1699 Honkasalo
Special :09/25/1941Y Vaisala discovers asteroids #2243 Lonnrot & #2299 Hanko
Special :09/21/1941Y Vaisala discovers asteroids 2379 Heiskanen, 2454 Olaus Magnus & 3522
Special :12/02/1941Yamamoto sends his fleet to Pearl Harbor
Special :09/04/1941Yanks beat Red Sox 6-3 & clinch their 12th & earliest pennant
Special :07/20/1941Yanks beat Tigers 12-6 in 17
Special :12/31/1941Young Park (2) in the Bronx named in honor of Samuel Young
Special :03/27/1941Yugoslavian coup gets rid of pro-German Prince Paul
Special :04/14/1941heavy German assault on Tobroek
Special :04/14/194185øF highest temperature for this date in NYC

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