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2 January: German bombers bomb Ireland for the second night in a row. 2–4 January: Bardia is bombed by British bombers and bombarded by naval vessels off shore. 3 January: RAF bombers attack Bremen and the Kiel Canal in Germany. The Kiel Canal Bridge suffers a direct hit and collapses on Finnish ship Yrsa. [1] 5 January
December 1941 events in North America (1 C, 3 P) C. 1941 events in Canada by month (3 C) 1941 events in Costa Rica by month (1 C) M. 1941 events in Mexico by month (2 C)
The draft began in October 1940, with the first men entering military service on November 18. By the early summer of 1941, President Franklin D. Roosevelt asked the U.S. Congress to extend the term of duty for the draftees beyond twelve months to a total of thirty months, plus any additional time that he might deem necessary for national security.
December 1941 events in North America (1 C, 3 P) C. 1941 events in Canada by month (3 C) M. ... This page was last edited on 26 May 2024, at 23:34 (UTC).
The first to be formed was No. 71 Squadron on 19 September 1940, followed by No. 121 Squadron on 14 May 1941 and No. 133 Squadron on 1 August 1941. 6,700 Americans applied to join but only 244 got to serve with the three Eagle squadrons; 16 Britons also served as squadron and flight commanders. The first became operational in February 1941 and ...
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The day after the attack, President Franklin D. Roosevelt spoke to a joint session of Congress, calling Dec. 7 “a day that will live in infamy.” In 1994, U.S. Congress designated Dec. 7 as ...
It was the first game show to air on broadcast television. However, the series did not appear on television again until 1950, when the medium had caught on commercially. [7] [8] July 2 - Debut of the televised game show CBS Television Quiz on the CBS television station in New York City, WCBW Channel 2 (the forerunner of WCBS-TV). It was the ...