Joe DiMaggio 56-Game Hitting Streak Record, July 16, 1941
Date: July 16, 1941
Date: July 16, 1941
World War II: The Royal Navy capital ships HMSΒ Prince of Wales and HMSΒ Repulse are sunk by Imperial Japanese Navy torpedo bombers near British Malaya. Date: December 10, 1941 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on December 10 π Events on this day in 1941 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1941World…
The outlawed Communist Party of the Netherlands organises a general strike in German-occupied Amsterdam to protest against Nazi persecution of Dutch Jews. Date: February 25, 1941 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on February 25 π Events on this day in 1941 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1941Cardiff Blitz Damages…
Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, appointed commander of the U.S. Pacific Fleet on December 17, arrives at Pearl Harbor. Date: December 25, 1941 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on December 25 π Events on this day in 1941 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1941Burning of Riga Synagogues in World War…
Operation Appearance takes place to re-establish British Somaliland. Date: March 16, 1941 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on March 16 π Events on this day in 1941 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1941Plutonium First Produced and Isolated by Glenn T. Seaborg, February 23, 1941SS Patrick Henry Launched, First of…
World War II: Soviet hospital ship Armenia is sunk by German planes while evacuating refugees and wounded military and staff of several Crimean hospitals. It is estimated that over 5,000 people died in the sinking. Date: November 7, 1941 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on November 7 π Events on this day…
World War II: Nazi Germany invades the Soviet Union in Operation Barbarossa. Date: June 22, 1941 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on June 22 π Events on this day in 1941 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1941Continuation War Begins: Soviet Union and Finland, Nazi Germany Support June 25, 1941Gloster…