Date: May 9, 1941
World War II: U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt declares December 7 to be "a date which will live in infamy", after which the U.S. declares war on Japan. Date: December 8, 1941 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 8 📅 Events on this day in 1941 📅 On This Day (Today)…
Soviet leader Joseph Stalin consolidates the Commissariats of Home Affairs and National Security to form the NKVD and names Lavrentiy Beria its chief. Date: July 20, 1941 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 20 📅 Events on this day in 1941 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1941World War…
World War II: The United Kingdom launches Operation Claymore on the Lofoten Islands, the first large-scale British Commando raid. Date: March 4, 1941 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 4 📅 Events on this day in 1941 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1941Charles Lindbergh Testifies Before U.S. Congress…
President Roosevelt approves $1 billion in Lend-Lease aid to the Allied nations. Date: October 30, 1941 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 30 📅 Events on this day in 1941 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1941World War II: German Forces Capture Mariupol, Reach Sea of Azov October 8, 1941Wehrmacht…
World War II: German troops enter Athens. Date: April 27, 1941 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 27 📅 Events on this day in 1941 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1941Northern Rhodesian Labour Party First Congress in Nkana, July 11, 1941Nazi Germany Invades Soviet Union in Operation Barbarossa,…
World War II: Adolf Hitler appoints himself as head of the Oberkommando des Heeres. Date: December 19, 1941 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 19 📅 Events on this day in 1941 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1941Nazi Germany Prohibits Jewish Emigration in Occupied Territories, October 23, 1941Battle…