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The June 1941 uprising in eastern Herzegovina began when Serbs in eastern Herzegovina rebelled against the authorities of the Independent State of Croatia. Born: Robert Hunter, poet, singer and songwriter, in San Luis Obispo, California (d. 2019) Died: Frederick Gottwald, 82, American painter
14 March 1948 [7] Aviogenex Flight 130: Aircrash: Rijeka Airport: 78 23 May 1971 [8] Medveščak flood Flood: Medveščak: 52 26 July 1651 [9] [10] 1996 Croatia USAF CT-43 crash: Aircrash: North East of Cavtat: 35 3 April 1996 [11] Bilaj bus accident Crash: Bilaj near Gospić, M604 railway: 25 29 September 1983 [12] Rijeka hospital fire Fire ...
The strongest tremor in the series of 28 earthquakes stronger than 4.0 on the Richter scale. [23] 23 May 2004: Imotski-Grude: 5.5: VI-VII [23] [24] 9 December 2016: Split: 4.7: VI: Slight damage and power outages in the area of Split. [25] [26] 22 March 2020: Zagreb: 5.5: VII: 1: See 2020 Zagreb earthquake: 29 December 2020: Petrinja: 6.4: IX ...
The Independent State of Croatia (Serbo-Croatian: Nezavisna Država Hrvatska, NDH) was a World War II–era puppet state of Nazi Germany [8] [9] and Fascist Italy.It was established in parts of occupied Yugoslavia on 10 April 1941, after the invasion by the Axis powers.
Anti-Fascist Struggle Day (Croatian: Dan antifašističke borbe) is a public holiday in Croatia.It is observed on 22 June and commemorates the formation of the First Sisak Partisan Detachment, a Communist-led guerrilla unit during World War II in Yugoslavia on 22 June 1941, and in general the uprising of the anti-fascist Croatian wing of the Yugoslav Partisans against the forces of Nazi ...
On 24–25 July 1941, the Ustaše militia captured the village of Banski Grabovac in the Banija region and murdered the entire Serb population of 1,100 peasants. On 24 July, over 800 Serb civilians were killed in the village of Vlahović. [117] Between 29 June and 7 July 1941, 280 Serbs were killed and thrown into pits near Kostajnica. [125]
This is a list of earthquakes in 1941. Only magnitude 6.0 or greater earthquakes appear on the list. Lower magnitude events are included if they have caused death, injury or damage. Events which occurred in remote areas will be excluded from the list as they wouldn't have generated significant media interest. All dates are listed according to ...
Ivan Šubašić was appointed Ban of Croatia. 1941: 25 March: World War II: Prince Paul signed the Tripartite Pact, pledging support to the Axis Powers. 27 March: Yugoslav military coup of 27 March 1941: A military coup overthrew the Regency and declared Peter II to be of age. [citation needed] 6 April: World War II in Yugoslavia begins 6 April