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The two measures recorded during the 1941 campaign both stand to this day and are regarded by practically all to be unattainable in the game today. 1941 saw the great Joltin' Joe DiMaggio step up to the plate in 56 consecutive baseball games and hit safely to break a record that had stood since 1897 when Wee Willie Keeler totaled 45 consecutive ...
1941 was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1941st year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 941st year ...
The state of the Allies and Axis powers in March 1941 U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the Lend-Lease bill to give aid to Britain and China (1941). 1 March Hitler gives orders for the expansion of Auschwitz prison camp, to be run by Commandant Rudolf Höss. Bulgaria officially signs the Tripartite Pact. 4 March
President Roosevelt made the Infamy Speech (with its famous opening line "Yesterday, December 7, 1941, a date which will live in infamy,") to a Joint session of Congress. Within one hour the United States declared war on Japan. Lifelong pacifist Jeannette Rankin was the only member of Congress to vote against declaring war.
Roosevelt publicly confirmed the "shoot on sight" order on 11 September 1941, effectively declaring naval war against Germany and Italy in the Battle of the Atlantic, 3 months prior to Pearl Harbor. [citation needed] Died: Alipio Ponce, 35, Peruvian police officer, was killed in an ambush in the Ecuadorian–Peruvian War. [21]
Action of 8 May 1941: The German commerce raider Pinguin was sunk by the British heavy cruiser HMS Cornwall in the Indian Ocean off the Seychelles. British and Transjordanian forces began the Assault on Rutbah Fort. The Sanski Most Revolt was suppressed on its third day. The Nottingham Blitz took place overnight. German submarine U-569 was ...
"In 1917 I put an end to mutiny," Pétain said. "In 1940 I put an end to rout. Today I wish to save you from yourselves." [25] The Placentia Bay meetings between Roosevelt and Churchill concluded. The Atlantic Charter was signed but not made public until two days later. [19]
The following events occurred in July 1941: July 1, 1941 (Tuesday) The Battle of Palmyra was fought in Syria, resulting in Allied victory.