1941 Calendar
What Happened In Year 1941?
- January 17, 1941 – Franco-Thai War: French forces inflict a decisive victory over the Royal Thai Navy.
- January 27, 1941 – New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Metal Snake in Chinese astrology.
- February 4, 1941 – The United Service Organization (USO) is created to entertain American troops.
- April 16, 1941 – Bob Feller of the Cleveland Indians throws the only Opening Day no-hitter in the history of Major League Baseball, beating the Chicago White Sox 1-0.
- June 8, 1941 – World War II: Allies invade Syria and Lebanon.
- July 16, 1941 – Joe DiMaggio hits safely for the 56th consecutive game, a streak that still stands as a MLB record.
- August 22, 1941 – World War II: German troops reach Leningrad, leading to the siege of Leningrad.
- August 29, 1941 – Tallinn, the Capital of Estonia is occupied by Nazi Germany following an occupation by the Soviet Union.
- October 4, 1941 – Norman Rockwell’s Willie Gillis character debuts on the cover of the Saturday Evening Post.
- October 8, 1941 – World War II: In their invasion of the Soviet Union, Germany reaches the Sea of Azov with the capture of Mariupol.
- October 17, 1941 – German troops execute the male population of the villages Kerdyllia in Serres, Greece.
- October 29, 1941 – The Holocaust: In the Kaunas Ghetto over 10,000 Jews are shot by German occupiers at the Ninth Fort, a massacre known as the “Great Action”.
- October 30, 1941 – 1,500 Jews from Pidhaytsi (in western Ukraine) are sent by Nazis to Belzec extermination camp.
- October 31, 1941 – After 14 years of work, Mount Rushmore is completed.
- November 14, 1941 – World War II: The aircraft carrier HMS Ark Royal sinks due to torpedo damage from the GS U-81 sustained on November 13.
- December 1, 1941 – Pacific War: Emperor Hirohito of Japan gave the final approval to initiate war against the United States.
- December 10, 1941 – World War II: Battle of the Philippines – Imperial Japanese forces under the command of General Masaharu Homma land on the Philippine mainland.
- December 23, 1941 – World War II: After 15 days of fighting, the Japanese Imperial Army occupies Wake Island.
- December 24, 1941 – World War II: Kuching is conquered by Japanese forces.
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