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7 January 7, 1941 (Tuesday) 8 January 8, 1941 (Wednesday) ... which eventually happened but led to the creation of the Fliegerführer Atlantik in its place. ...
6 January: The Greeks advance towards Klisura Pass. 7 January: British and Commonwealth offensive in North Africa nears Tobruk; the airport is taken. 10 January Lend-Lease introduced into the U.S. Congress. German–Soviet Border and Commercial Agreement is signed. German aircraft damage aircraft carrier HMS Illustrious, which is heading for Malta.
January 7 is the seventh day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; ... [87] d. 1941) 1899 – Francis Poulenc, French pianist and composer (d. 1963) [88]
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 of the 2nd millennium, the 41st year of the 20th century, and the 2nd year of the 1940s decade.
January 2 – Charles Hanford Henderson, educator and author (b. 1861) January 8 – Jennie Tuttle Hobart, Second Lady of the United States as wife of Garret Hobart (b. 1849) January 12 – Mary Onahan Gallery, writer and editor (b. 1866) January 20 – Joe Penner, Hungarian-American actor (b. 1904) January 20 – John Bissinger, Olympic ...
The Eastern Front was a theatre of World War II which primarily involved combat between the nations and allies of Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union.Combat in the Eastern Front began with the two powers remaining peaceful towards each other, with the annexation of countries such as Albania and portions of Poland by Germany and its allies, and the annexation of Finland and the rest of Poland by ...
7 May – Wages Standstill Order. [1] 12 May – The Menapia (Capt C Bobels) was bombed and machine-gunned by the Luftwaffe off the Welsh coast: Two were wounded. [3] 14 May – Five further outbreaks of foot-and-mouth disease were reported. 17 May – The Glenageary (Capt R. Simpson) was bombed and machine-gunned by the Luftwaffe in the Irish ...
7 January Iona Brown, British violinist and conductor (died 2004) John E. Walker, English chemist, Nobel Prize laureate; 8 January – Graham Chapman, English comedy writer-performer (died 1989) [27] 10 January – Tom Clarke, Scottish politician; 12 January – Long John Baldry, blues singer (died 2005) [28] 19 January Tony Anholt, actor (died ...