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1941 Historical Event(s)
January 2, 1941
– World War II: German bombing severely damages the Llandaff Cathedral in Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom
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 1, 1941
– A military coup in Iraq overthrows the regime of 'Abd al-Ilah and installs Rashid Ali as Prime Minister.
May 2, 1941
– Following the coup d'état against Iraq Crown Prince 'Abd al-Ilah earlier that year, the United Kingdom launches the Anglo-Iraqi War to restore him to power.
May 8, 1941
– The German Luftwaffe launch a bombing raid on Nottingham and Derby
May 12, 1941
– Konrad Zuse presents the Z3, the world’s first working programmable, fully automatic computer, in Berlin.
July 26, 1941
– World War II: in response to the Japanese occupation of French Indo-China, US President Franklin D. Roosevelt orders the seizure of all Japanese assets in the United States.
September 3, 1941
– The Holocaust: Karl Fritzsch, deputy camp commandant of the Auschwitz concentration camp, experiments with the use of Zyklon B in the gassing of Soviet POWs.
October 23, 1941
– World War II: Field Marshal Georgy Zhukov takes command of Red Army operations to prevent the further advance into Russia of German forces and to prevent the Wehrmacht from capturing Moscow.
Who Were Born On 1941?
January 29, 1941
– Robin Morgan, American feminist and activist
April 14, 1941
– Julie Christie, British actress
April 23, 1941
– Paavo Lipponen, Prime Minister of Finland 1995-2003
May 9, 1941
– Pete Birrell, British bass guitarist
May 11, 1941
– Eric Burdon, British singer (The Animals)
June 28, 1941
– Al Downing, American baseball player
July 1, 1941
– Myron Scholes, American economist, Nobel laureate
August 26, 1941
– Jane Merrow, British actress
September 17, 1941
– Stavros Damianides, Greek musician (d. 2001)
September 27, 1941
– Gay Kayler, Australian country music singer