Burning of Riga Synagogues in World War II, July 4, 1941

World War II: Yugoslav Air Force officers topple the pro-Axis government in a bloodless coup. Date: March 27, 1941 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 27 📅 Events on this day in 1941 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1941German Battleship Bismarck Sunk in North Atlantic, May 27, 1941Operation…

The Holocaust in Ukraine: German troops murder over 15,000 Jews at Drobytsky Yar, a ravine southeast of the city of Kharkiv. Date: December 15, 1941 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 15 📅 Events on this day in 1941 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1941North American Regional Broadcasting…

British Prime Minister Winston Churchill addresses a joint meeting of the U.S. Congress. Date: December 26, 1941 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 26 📅 Events on this day in 1941 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1941FDR Delivers Four Freedoms Speech in State of the Union, January 6,…

World War II: Thousands of civilians in German-occupied Serbia are murdered in the Kragujevac massacre. Date: October 20, 1941 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 20 📅 Events on this day in 1941 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1941Allies Launch Syria-Lebanon Campaign Against Vichy France, June 8, 1941British…

World War II: Rudolf Hess parachutes into Scotland to try to negotiate a peace deal between the United Kingdom and Nazi Germany. Date: May 10, 1941 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 10 📅 Events on this day in 1941 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1941Soviet Hospital Ship…

Pope Pius XII elevates the Apostolic Vicariate of the Hawaiian Islands to the dignity of a diocese. It becomes the Roman Catholic Diocese of Honolulu. Date: January 25, 1941 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 25 📅 Events on this day in 1941 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from…