Norman Rockwell’s Willie Gillis Debuts on The Saturday Evening Post, October 4, 1941

World War II: In the Belfast Blitz, 200 bombers of the German Luftwaffe attack Belfast, killing some 1,000 people. Date: April 15, 1941 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 15 📅 Events on this day in 1941 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1941World War II: German Battleship Bismarck…

World War II: Four thousand Chongqing residents are asphyxiated in a bomb shelter during the Bombing of Chongqing. Date: June 5, 1941 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 5 📅 Events on this day in 1941 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1941Battle of Grand Harbour: British Defeat Italian…

World War II: German and Italian forces attack Tobruk, Libya. Date: April 14, 1941 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 14 📅 Events on this day in 1941 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1941German Troops Enter Athens During World War II, April 27, 1941German Paratroopers Murder Greek Civilians…

Operation Appearance takes place to re-establish British Somaliland. Date: March 16, 1941 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 16 📅 Events on this day in 1941 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1941Allied Freeze Japanese Assets, Cut Oil Shipments July 26, 1941Soviet State Defense Restores Compulsory Military Training, September…

The first flight of the Republic P-47 Thunderbolt. Date: May 6, 1941 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 6 📅 Events on this day in 1941 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1941Japanese Forces Invade Shanghai, Malaya, Thailand, Hong Kong, Philippines, Dutch East Indies, December 8, 1941Construction Begins on…

World War II: The United States grants Lend-Lease to the Free French Forces. Date: November 24, 1941 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 24 📅 Events on this day in 1941 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1941British and Commonwealth Capture Tobruk in Operation Compass, January 22, 1941Iron Guard…