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1941 Calendar

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•  January 23, 1941 – Charles Lindbergh testifies before the U.S. Congress and recommends that the United States negotiate a neutrality pact with Adolf Hitler.
•  January 27, 1941 – New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Metal Snake in Chinese astrology.
•  April 1, 1941 – The Blockade Runner Badge for the German navy is instituted.
•  April 10, 1941 – World War II: The Axis Powers in Europe establish the Independent State of Croatia from occupied Yugoslavia with Ante Pavelić's Ustaše fascist insurgents in power.
•  April 15, 1941 – In the Belfast Blitz, two-hundred bombers of the German Air Force (Luftwaffe) attack Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom killing one thousand people.
•  June 1, 1941 – World War II: Battle of Crete ends as Crete capitulates to Germany.
•  June 2, 1941 – World War II: German paratoopers murder Greek civilians in the village of Kondomari.
•  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 19, 1941 – World War II: Limpet mines placed by Italian divers sink the HMS Valiant and HMS Queen Elizabeth in Alexandria harbour.

•  February 6, 1941 – Gigi Perreau, American actress
•  March 16, 1941 – Chuck Woolery, American game show host
•  March 28, 1941 – Alf Clausen, America orchestra conductor
•  May 11, 1941 – Eric Burdon, British singer (The Animals)
•  May 13, 1941 – Joe Brown, British singer
•  May 25, 1941 – Vladimir Voronin, Moldovan statesman
•  July 19, 1941 – Neelie Kroes, Dutch European Union executive
•  October 21, 1941 – Steve Cropper, American musician
•  November 16, 1941 – Dan Penn, American singer-songwriter
•  November 27, 1941 – Louis van Dijk, Dutch pianist