Mount Rushmore Completed After 14 Years of Work, October 31, 1941
Date: October 31, 1941
Date: October 31, 1941
The Lithuanian Activist Front declares independence from the Soviet Union and forms the Provisional Government of Lithuania; it lasts only briefly as the Nazis will occupy Lithuania a few weeks later. Date: June 23, 1941 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 23 📅 Events on this day in 1941 📅 On…
World War II: First flight of the Avro Lancaster. Date: January 9, 1941 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 9 📅 Events on this day in 1941 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1941Auschwitz Zyklon B Gassing of Soviet POWs Begins, September 3, 1941World War II: German Forces Begin…
The Holocaust: Under instructions from Adolf Hitler, Nazi official Hermann Göring orders SS General Reinhard Heydrich to "submit to me as soon as possible a general plan of the administrative material and financial measures necessary for carrying out the desired Final Solution of the Jewish question." Date: July 31, 1941 Read more on Wikipedia →…
World War II: HMS Greyhound and other escorts of convoy AS-12 sink Italian submarine Neghelli with all hands 64 kilometres (40 mi) northeast of Falkonera. Date: January 19, 1941 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 19 📅 Events on this day in 1941 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1941World War…
World War II: U.S. president Franklin D. Roosevelt proclaims an "unlimited national emergency". Date: May 27, 1941 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 27 📅 Events on this day in 1941 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1941Joe DiMaggio 56-Game Hitting Streak Record, July 16, 1941World War II Battle…
World War II: The German battleship Bismarck is sunk in the North Atlantic, killing almost 2,100 men. Date: May 27, 1941 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 27 📅 Events on this day in 1941 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1941Soviet Mass Deportations of Baltic States Begin, June 14,…