Date: January 19, 1941
World War II: The USS Kearny becomes the first U.S. Navy vessel to be torpedoed by a U-boat. Date: October 17, 1941 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 17 📅 Events on this day in 1941 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1941Operation Appearance Reestablishes British Somaliland, March 16,…
Plutonium is first produced and isolated by Dr. Glenn T. Seaborg. Date: February 23, 1941 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 23 📅 Events on this day in 1941 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1941Axis Powers Establish Independent State of Croatia, April 10, 1941German Battleship Bismarck Sunk in…
Germany and Romania sign the Tiraspol Agreement, rendering the region of Transnistria under control of the latter. Date: August 19, 1941 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 19 📅 Events on this day in 1941 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1941First Flight of Gloster E.28/39, First British Jet…
The Holocaust: Adolf Hitler orders the cessation of Nazi Germany's systematic T4 euthanasia program of the mentally ill and the handicapped due to protests, although killings continue for the remainder of the war. Date: August 24, 1941 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 24 📅 Events on this day in 1941…
Admiral Émile Muselier seizes the archipelago of Saint Pierre and Miquelon, which become the first part of France to be liberated by the Free French Forces. Date: December 25, 1941 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 25 📅 Events on this day in 1941 📅 On This Day (Today) More events…
During the Anglo-Iraqi War, British troops take Fallujah. Date: May 22, 1941 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 22 📅 Events on this day in 1941 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1941Roosevelt Approves $1 Billion Lend-Lease Aid to Allies, October 30, 1941Farhud Pogrom in Iraq Forces Iraqi Jews…