Today in History for November 1941

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Historical Events

Events 1 - 49 of 49

1st - Chetniks attacks Tito's partizans in Uzice Yugoslavia
1st - Japanese marine staff officiers Suzuki/Maejima arrive in Pearl Harbor
2nd - German troops occupy Rostov
3rd - Hirohiti's accord on Yamamoto's attack plan on Pearl Harbor fails
5th - Japanese marine staff officiers Suzuki/Maejima leave Pearl Harbor
6th - Einsatz group kills 15,000 Jews of Rovno Ukraine
6th - Japanese fleet readies assault on Pearl Harbor
6th - USA lends Soviet Union $1 million
7th - British air attack on Berlin, Mannheim & Ruhrgebied
8th - The Albanian Communist Party is founded.
9th - Hitler threatens bishop Clemens earl von Galen of Munster
11th - Czech premier general Eliasjarrested by nazis
12th - Germany's drive to take Moscow halted
12th - WOV-AM & WNEW-AM in NYC swaps call letters
13th - German Abweht consults with Chetnikleider Draza Mihailovic
14th - British aircraft carrier "Ark Royal" sank in Mediterranean
14th - Gov-Gen Wouters of Dutch Antilles refuses Jews refugees
15th - Cow Palace opens in San Francisco
15th - Yugoslav government in exile names Draza Mihailovic premier
16th - German troops conquer Kertsh (probably)
17th - Virgil Thomson's 2nd Symphony, premieres
18th - British troops open attack on Tobruk, North-Africa
18th - Jerome Chodorov/Joseph Fields' "Junior Miss," premieres in NYC
18th - Mussolini's forces leave Abyssinia/Ethiopia
20th - Adm Nomura & Kurusu hands over Japanese last diplomatic note
20th - German Q/pirate ship Kormoran sinks near Australia
22nd - British cruiser Devonshire sinks German auxiliary cruiser Atlantis
22nd - NZ troops conquer Ft Capuzzo Libya
23rd - German troops conquer Klin, at NW of Moscow
24th - "Life Certificates" issued to some Jews of Vilna, rest exterminated
24th - Indian infantry attacks German tanks at Sidi Omar
24th - US troops land on Suriname to protect bauxite mine
25th - German Jews in Netherlands declared stateless (lose of nationality)
25th - Lou Boudreau, 24, becomes Cleveland Indians player/manager
25th - Finland joined the Anti-Comintern Pact.
26th - Amateur tennis champ Bobby Riggs turns pro
26th - British North African commandant General Cunningham lay-offs
26th - British troops conquer Belhamed, Sidi Rezegh & El Duda
26th - Japanese carrier force left its base & moves east toward Pearl Harbor
26th - Lebanon gains independence from France
27th - British 13th Army corp reaches Tobruk
Yankee Clipper Joe DiMaggio 27th - Joe DiMaggio is named AL MVP
27th - USSR begins a counter offensive causes Germany to retreat
28th - German troops vacate Rostov
29th - 29th CFL Grey Cup: Winn Blue Bombers defeat Ottawa Rough Riders, 18-16
29th - Passenger ship Lurline sends radio signal of sighting Jap war fleet
30th - 101 year old Nyack-Tarrytown (NY) ferry makes it's last run
30th - 13 U boats sunk this month (62,000 ton)
30th - Japanese Emperor Hirohito consults with admirals Shimada & Nagano

Famous Birthdays

Birthdays 1 - 56 of 56

1st - Joe Louis Caldwell, Texas City, basketball player (Olympic-gold-1964)
1st - Johnny Kendall, [Johan Donkerkaat], Dutch blues singer
1st - Robert Foxworth, Houston Tx, actor (Chase-Falcon Crest, Frankenstein)
1st - Alfio Basile, Argentine football coach
2nd - Bruce Welch, [Cripps], rocker (Shadows Bognor Regis)
2nd - David Knapp Stockton, San Bernardino CA, PGA golfer (1970 PGA)
3rd - Brian Poole, Essex England, vocalist (Brian Poole & The Tremeloes)
4th - Martin Brozius, Dutch actor (Goede Tijden Slechte Tijden)
5th - Patricia Harty, Wash DC, actress (Occasional Wife, Blondie)
5th - Art Garfunkel, New York, American singer/actor (Sounds of Silence, Carnal Knowledge)
6th - Doug Sahm, San Antonio Texas, country singer (Texas Tornadoes-Dinero)
6th - Guy Clark, Rockport Tx, country singer (Heartbroke)
6th - James Bowman, English contratenor
9th - Tom Fogerty, Berkeley Cal, rocker (Creedence Clearwater Revival), (d. 1990)
10th - John Geoghegan, Silver Star recipient (d. 1965)
10th - Kyu Sakamoto, Japanese singer and actor (d. 1985)
12th - Frank Rosenthal, rocker
12th - Jennifer Helen McLeod, composer
13th - Dack Rambo, Delano California, actor (Guns of Will Sonnett, Dallas)
Rocker Tom Fogerty (9th) 13th - Mel Stottlemyre, Wash, pitcher (NY Yankee)/pitching coach (NY Met)
13th - Eberhard Diepgen, German politician
14th - Hermanus J Kriel, South African minister of Planning (1989- )
15th - Daniel Manus Pinkwater, US, sci-fi author (Magic Moscow)
16th - Ann Dore McLaughlin, US Secretary of Labor (1987- )
16th - Dan Penn, US songwriter/producer/gospel singer (Out in Left Field)
17th - Gene Clark, LA California, rock vocalist/guitarist (Byrds)
17th - Peter Hoagland, (Rep-D-Nebraska)
18th - David Hemmings, Guilford England, actor (Blow-up, Barbarella)
19th - Dan Haggerty, Hollywood California, actor (Grizzly Adams)
19th - Ivanka Khristova, Bulgaria, shot putter (Olympic-gold-1976)
19th - Tommy Thompson, former U.S. Governor of Wisconsin
20th - Gary Karr, LA California, double-bassist (Oslo Philharmonic)
20th - Haseena Moin, Pakistani television drama writer and Urdu playwright
21st - David Porter, US songwriter (Soul Man)
21st - George Morren, Flemish painter/sculptor
21st - Juliet Mills, London England, actress (Nanny & the Professor, QB VII)
21st - İdil Biret, Turkish pianist
22nd - Jacques LaPerriere, NHL defensive Hall of Famer
22nd - Ron McClure, rocker (Blood, Sweat & Tears)
22nd - Tom Conti, Paisley Scotland, actor (Reuben Reuben, American Dreamer)
22nd - Jesse Colin Young, American musician
23rd - Alan Mullery, English soccer player
23rd - Franco Nero, Italian actor
24th - Donald "Duck" Dunn, TN, bassist (Booker T-Mar-Keys, Walkin' the Dog), (d, 2012)
24th - Gary Boyle, rocker (Isotope)
24th - John de Andrea, US sculptor
24th - Pete Best, drummer (Beatles)
24th - Pete Best, British musician
25th - Riaz Ahmed Gohar Shahi, Indian Muslim Sufi, author, spiritual leader (d. 2001)
26th - Jeff Torborg, baseball player
26th - Susanne Marsee, American mezzo-soprano
27th - Eddie Rabbitt, American singer (d. 1998)
27th - Aimé Jacquet, French football manager
28th - Laura Antonelli, Pola Yugoslavia, actress (Wifemistress, Divine Nymph)
29th - Dennis Doherty, Halifax Canada, rocker (Mamas & The Papas)
29th - Ronald D Coleman, (Rep-D-TX, 1983- )

Famous Deaths

Deaths 1 - 16 of 16

1st - Camille Melloy, [the Paepe], Belgian priest/poet (Requiem), dies at 50
5th - Arndt Pekurinen, Finnish pacifist (b. 1905)
6th - Maurice Leblanc, French novelist (b. 1864)
7th - Albin Zollinger, Swiss poet/author (Das Gewitter), dies at 46
8th - Gaetano Mosca, Italian sociologist (Elite Circle), dies at 83
12th - Abe "Kid Twist" Reles, NY gangster/police informer, killed
17th - Earnest Udet, German general/head air pioneer, commits suicide
18th - Walter H Nernst, German chemist (Nobel Prize 1920), dies at 77
18th - Chris Watson, third Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1867)
18th - Émile Nelligan, Quebec poet (b. 1879)
21st - Juanita Spellini, first women executed in Calif
21st - Henrietta Vinton Davis American elocutionist, dramatist, impersonator, public speaker (b. 1860)
22nd - Werner Mölders, German ace fighter pilot (b. 1915)
25th - Pedro Aguirre Cerda, president Chili (People's Front), dies
26th - Niels Hansen Jacobsen, Danish sculptor and ceramist (b. 1861)
26th - Ernest Lapointe, French-Canadian politician (b. 1876)