1941 34632 225829196 2008-07-15T16:19:46Z El C 92203 Reverted edits by [[Special:Contributions/OrgasGirl|OrgasGirl]] ([[User talk:OrgasGirl|talk]]) to last version by Cosmic Latte {{year nav|1941}} {{C20YearInTopicX}} {{otheruses|1941 (disambiguation)}} Year '''1941''' ('''[[Roman numerals|MCMXLI]]''') was a [[common year starting on Wednesday]] (the link will display 1941 calendar) of the [[Gregorian calendar]]. {{C20YearTOCship}} ==Events== :: ''(Below, many events of [[World War II]] have the "[[World War II]]" prefix.)'' ===January=== <!-- Link all dates, even if repeated, for date-format preferences. --> * [[January 1]] - [[Thailand]] Prime Minister [[Luang Phibunsongkhram|Plaek Phibunsongkhram]] decrees January 1 as the official start of the [[Thai solar calendar]] new year (thus the previous year that began [[April 1]] had only nine months). * [[January 4]] - The short subject ''[[Elmer's Pet Rabbit]]'' is released, marking the second appearance of [[Bugs Bunny]], and also the first to have his name on a title card. * [[January 6]] **[[Franklin Delano Roosevelt]] delivers his [[Four Freedoms|Four Freedoms Speech]] in the State of the Union Address. **Keel of [[USS Missouri (BB-63)]] is laid at [[New York Navy Yard]] in [[Brooklyn]]. * [[January 8]] - [[Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell]] the founder of Scouting, dies. * [[January 10]] - [[Lend-Lease]] is introduced into the [[Congress of the United States|U.S. Congress]]. *[[January 15]] - [[John Vincent Atanasoff]] and [[Clifford E. Berry]] describe the workings of the [[Atanasoff–Berry Computer]] in print. * [[January 19]] - [[United Kingdom|British]] troops attack [[Italy|Italian]]-held [[Eritrea]]. * [[January 20]] - Chief Justice Charles Evans Hughes swears in [[President of the United States|U.S. President]] [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] for his third term. * [[January 21]] - [[World War II]]: [[Australia]]n and [[United Kingdom|British]] forces [[Battle of Tobruk|attack]] [[Tobruk]], [[Libya]]. * [[January 22]] - [[World War II]]: British troops capture [[Tobruk]] from the Italians. * [[January 23]] - Aviator [[Charles Lindbergh]] testifies before the [[Congress of the United States|U.S. Congress]] and recommends that the [[United States]] negotiate a [[neutrality pact]] with [[Adolf Hitler]]. * [[January 27]] - [[World War II]]: [[Attack on Pearl Harbor]] - U.S. Ambassador to Japan [[Joseph C. Grew]] passes on to [[Washington, D.C.|Washington]] a rumor overheard at a diplomatic reception about a planned surprise attack upon [[Pearl Harbor, Hawaii]]. [[Image:Ly-map.png|thumb|60px|left| [[January 21|Jan.21]] [[Tobruk]]]] {{-}}<!-- reset to margin, for future images above --> ===February=== * [[February 3]] - [[World War II]]: The [[Nazis]] forcibly restore [[Pierre Laval]] to office in occupied [[Vichy]], [[France]]. * [[February 4]] - [[World War II]]: The [[United Service Organization]] (USO) is created to entertain [[United States|American]] troops. * [[February 7]] - [[World War II]]: [[Attack on Pearl Harbor]] - General [[Walter C. Short]] becomes Commanding General, Hawaiian Command. * [[February 9]] - [[Winston Churchill]], in a worldwide broadcast, pleads with the [[United States|U.S.]] to show its support by sending arms to the British: "Give us the tools, and we will finish the job." * [[February 11]] - [[World War II]]: Lieutenant-General [[Erwin Rommel]] arrives in [[Tripoli]]. * [[February 14]] - [[World War II]]: [[Attack on Pearl Harbor]] - Admiral [[Kichisaburo Nomura]] begins his duties as [[Japan]]ese ambassador to the [[United States]]. * [[February 19]] - [[World War II]]: The start of the '''Three Nights' Blitz''' over [[Swansea]], [[South Wales|South]] [[Wales]]. Over these three nights of intensive bombing, which lasted a total of 13 hours and 48 minutes, Swansea town centre was almost completely obliterated by the 896 High Explosive bombs employed by the [[Luftwaffe]]. A total of 397 casualties and 230 deaths were reported. The Three nights Blitz ended in the early hours of February 22 * [[February 23]]: [[Glenn T. Seaborg]] isolates and discovers [[plutonium]]. ===March=== <!-- Link all dates, even if repeated, for date-format preferences. --> *March - [[Captain America Comics]] #1 issues the first ''[[Captain America]]'' & ''[[Bucky]]'' comic. * [[March 1]] - [[World War II]]: [[Bulgaria]] signs the [[Tripartite Pact]] thus joining the [[Axis powers]]. * [[March 1]] **[[W47NV]] begins operations in [[Nashville, Tennessee]] becoming the first [[FM radio]] station. **[[Arthur L. Bristol]] becomes Rear Admiral for the [[United States Navy|U.S. Navy]]'s Support Force, [[U.S. Atlantic Fleet|Atlantic Fleet]] * [[March 4]] - [[World War II]]: British Commandos carry out a successful raid on the [[Lofoten Islands]] off the north coast of [[Norway]]. * [[March 11]] **[[World War II]]: [[President of the United States|President]] [[Franklin Delano Roosevelt]] signs the [[Lend-Lease]] Act into law, allowing American-built war supplies to be shipped to the [[Allies]] on loan. **[[Kinsmen Club of Brantford]] is chartered. * [[March 17]] **In [[Washington, DC]], the [[National Gallery of Art]] is officially opened by President [[Franklin Delano Roosevelt|Franklin D. Roosevelt]]. **British Minister of Labour, [[Ernest Bevin]], calls for women to fill vital jobs. * [[March 22]] - [[Washington]]'s [[Grand Coulee Dam]] begins to generate [[electricity]]. * [[March 25]] - [[World War II]]: [[Kingdom of Yugoslavia]] in [[Vienna]] joins the [[Axis powers]] * [[March 27]] - [[World War II]]: **Anti-Axis coup d'état in Yugoslavia - Prince Paul exiled; 17-year-old [[Peter II of Yugoslavia|King Peter II]] assumes power. **[[Attack on Pearl Harbor]] - [[Japan]]ese spy [[Takeo Yoshikawa]] arrives in [[Honolulu, Hawaii]] and begins to study the [[United States]] fleet at [[Pearl Harbor]]. * [[March 29]] - [[World War II]]: [[Battle of Cape Matapan]] - Off the [[Peloponnesus]] coast in the [[Mediterranean]], [[Royal Navy|British naval forces]] defeat those of [[Italy]] sinking five warships. Battle started on [[March 27]]. * [[March 30]] - All German, Italian, and Danish ships anchored in [[United States]] waters are taken into "protective custody". ===April=== * [[April 6]] - [[World War II]]: [[Germany]] invades [[Invasion of Yugoslavia|Yugoslavia]] and [[Battle of Greece|Greece]]. * [[April 9]] - The [[United States|U.S.]] acquires full military defense rights in [[Greenland]]. * [[April 10]] - [[World War II]]: U.S. destroyer ''[[U.S.S. Niblack|Niblack]]'', while picking up survivors from a sunken Dutch freighter, drops depth charges on a German [[U-Boat]] - the first "shot in anger" fired by America against Germany. * [[April 12]] - [[World War II]]: [[Germany|German]] troops enter [[Belgrade]]. * [[April 13]] - [[Soviet Union]] and [[Japan]] sign a [[neutrality pact]]. * [[April 15]] - [[World War II]]: The [[United States|U.S.]] begins shipping [[Lend-Lease]] aid to [[China]]. * [[April 17]] - [[World War II]]: Yugoslav Royal Army capitulates. * [[April 18]] - [[World War II]]: Prime Minister of [[Greece]] [[Alexandros Koryzis]] commits suicide as [[Germany|German]] troops approach [[Athens]]. * [[April 21]] - [[World War II]]: Greece capitulates. [[Commonwealth of Nations|Commonwealth]] troops and some elements of the [[Greek Army]] withdraw to [[Crete]]. * [[April 23]] - [[America First Committee]] holds its first mass rally in [[New York City]] with [[Charles Lindbergh]] as keynote speaker. * [[April 25]] - [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]], at his regular press conference, criticizes Charles Lindbergh by comparing him to the [[Copperheads]] of the Civil War period. In response, Lindbergh resigns his commission in the U.S. Army Air Corps Reserve on [[April 28]]. * [[April 27]] - [[World War II]]: [[Germany|German]] troops enter [[Athens]]. ===May=== <!-- Link all dates, even if repeated, for date-format preferences. --> * [[May 1]] **Breakfast cereal [[Cheerios]] is introduced as [[CheeriOats]] by [[General Mills]]. **[[Orson Welles]]' film ''[[Citizen Kane]]'' premieres in [[New York City]] **The first Defense Bonds and Defense Savings Stamps go on sale in the [[United States]] to help fund the greatly increased production of military equipment. * [[May 5]] - Emperor [[Haile Selassie]] enters [[Addis Ababa]], which had been liberated from [[Italy|Italian]] forces; this date has been since commemorated as [[Liberation Day]] in [[Ethiopia]]. * [[May 6]] - At [[California]]'s [[March Air Reserve Base|March Field]], [[Bob Hope]] performs his first [[United Service Organizations|USO Show]]. * [[May 9]] - [[World War II]]: The [[Germany|German]] submarine [[Unterseeboot 110|U-110]] is captured by the British [[Royal Navy]]. On board is the latest [[Enigma cryptography machine]] which Allied cryptographers later use to break coded German messages. * [[May 10]] - [[World War II]]: **The [[United Kingdom]]'s [[British House of Commons|House of Commons]] is damaged by the [[Luftwaffe]] in an [[air raid]]. **[[Rudolf Hess]] parachutes into [[Scotland]] claiming to be on a peace mission. * [[May 12]] - [[Konrad Zuse]] presented the [[Z3 (computer)|Z3]], the world's first working programmable, fully automatic [[computer]] in [[Berlin]]. * [[May 15]] **First British jet aircraft, the [[Gloster E.28/39]], is flown. **[[Joe DiMaggio]]'s 56-game [[hitting streak]] begins, lasting until [[July 17]]. * [[May 20]] - [[World War II]]: [[Battle of Crete]] - [[Germany]] launches airborne invasion of [[Crete]]. * [[May 21]] - [[World War II]]: 950 miles off the coast of [[Brazil]], the freighter [[SS Robin Moor|SS ''Robin Moor'']] becomes the first [[United States]] ship sunk by a German [[U-boat]]. * [[May 24]] - [[World War II]]: In the [[North Atlantic]], the [[Germany|German]] battleship ''[[German battleship Bismarck|Bismarck]]'' sinks the [[HMS Hood (51)|HMS ''Hood'']] killing all but three crewman on what was the pride of the [[Royal Navy]]. * [[May 26]] - [[World War II]]: In the [[North Atlantic]], [[Fairey Swordfish]] aircraft from the carrier [[HMS Ark Royal (91)|HMS Ark Royal]] fatally cripple the [[German battleship Bismarck]] in torpedo attack. * [[May 27]] - [[World War II]]: **[[Franklin Delano Roosevelt|President Roosevelt]] proclaims an "unlimited national emergency." **German battleship ''[[German battleship Bismarck|Bismarck]]'' is sunk in [[North Atlantic]] killing 2,300. ===June=== <!-- Link all dates, even if repeated, for date-format preferences. --> * [[June 4]] - The ex-kaiser of [[Germany]], [[Wilhelm II]], dies in exile at [[Doorn]], [[Netherlands]]. * [[June 5]] - Four thousand [[Chongqing]] residents are asphyxiated in a bomb shelter during the [[Bombing of Chongqing]]. * [[June 8]] - [[World War II]]: [[United Kingdom|British]] and [[Free France|Free French]] forces invade [[Syria]]. * [[June 8]] - 1,500 killed, Serbian ammunition plant with facilities explode at [[Smederevo]], outskirt of [[Belgrade]], [[Serbia]]. * [[June 13]] - [[TASS]], the official Soviet news agency, denies reports of tension between [[Germany]] and the [[Soviet Union]]. * [[June 14]] **Mass deportations by [[Soviet Union]] authorities take place in [[Estonia]], [[Latvia]] and [[Lithuania]]. **All German and Italian assets in the [[United States]] are frozen. * [[June 16]] - All German and Italian consulates in the [[United States]] are ordered closed and their staffs to leave the country by July 10. * [[June 22]] - [[World War II]]: **[[Germany]] attacks the [[Soviet Union]] in [[Operation Barbarossa]] ***[[Italy]] and [[Romania]] declare war on the Soviet Union. **[[Winston Churchill]] promises all possible British assistance to the Soviet Union in a worldwide broadcast: "Any man or state who fights against Nazidom will have our aid. Any man or state who marches with Hitler is our foe." **[[First Sisak Partisan Brigade]], first anti-fascist armed unit in occupied Europe founded by [[partisans (Yugoslavia)|partisans]] near [[Sisak]], [[Croatia]]. * [[June 23]] - [[Hungary]] and [[Slovakia]] declare war on the Soviet Union. * [[June 25]] - [[World War II]]: [[Finland]] attacks the [[Soviet Union]] to seek the opportunity of revenge in the [[Continuation War]]. * [[June 28]] - [[Albania]] declares war on the Soviet Union. ===July=== * [[July 2]] - [[World War II]]: [[Japan]] calls up one million men for military service. * [[July 3]] - [[World War II]]: [[Joseph Stalin]], in his first address since the German invasion, calls upon the Soviet people to carry out a "[[scorched earth]]" policy of resistance to the bitter end. * [[July 4]] - [[Massacre of Lwów professors|Mass murder of Polish scientists and writers]], committed by [[Nazi Germany|German troops]] in captured [[Poland|Polish]] city of [[Lvov|Lwów]]. * [[July 5]] - [[World War II]]: [[Germany|German]] troops reach the [[Dnieper]] River. * [[July 5]]-[[July 19|19]] - War between [[Peru]] and [[Ecuador]] * [[July 7]] - [[World War II]]: **[[United States|American]] forces take over the defense of [[Iceland]] from the [[United Kingdom|British]] **[[Serbia]] starts the first popular uprising in Europe against the Axis Powers. **[[World War II]]: [[Germany|German]] troops take over [[Estonia]] from the [[Soviet Union|Soviets]]. * [[July 13]] - [[World War II]]: [[Montenegro]] starts the second popular uprising in Europe against the Axis Powers. * [[July 14]] - [[World War II]]: [[Vichy France]] signs armistice terms ending all fighting in [[Syria]] and [[Lebanon]]. * [[July 19]] - [[World War II]]: A [[BBC]] broadcast by "Colonel Britton" calls on the people of Occupied Europe to resist the Nazis under the slogan "V for Victory". * [[July 26]] - [[World War II]]: **In response to the [[Japan]]ese occupation of [[French Indo-China]], US President [[Franklin Delano Roosevelt|Franklin D. Roosevelt]] orders the seizure of all Japanese assets in the [[United States]]. **General [[Douglas MacArthur]] is named commander of all [[United States|U.S.]] forces in the [[Philippines]]; the Philippines Army ordered nationalized by President Roosevelt. * [[July 30]] - [[World War II]]: [[United States|U.S.]] gunboat [[USS Tutuila (PR-4)|''Tutuila'']] attacked by Japanese aircraft while anchored in the [[Yangtze River]] at [[Chongqing|Chungking]]. Japan apologizes for the incident the following day. * [[July 31]] - [[Holocaust]]: Under instructions from [[Adolf Hitler]], [[Nazism|Nazi]] official [[Hermann Göring]], orders [[SS]] general [[Reinhard Heydrich]] to "submit to me as soon as possible a general plan of the administrative material and financial measures necessary for carrying out the desired [[final solution]] of the Jewish question." July: British army's SAS (Special Air Service) formed. ===August=== * August - Formation of the [[Political Warfare Executive]] in the [[United Kingdom]] * [[August 1]] - The first [[jeep]] is produced * [[August 6]] - 6-year-old [[Elaine Esposito]] goes to an [[appendix]] operation in [[Florida]] and lapses into a [[coma]]. She dies [[1978]], still in coma. * [[August 9]] - [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] and [[Winston Churchill]] meet at [[Argentia, Newfoundland and Labrador|Argentia]], [[Dominion of Newfoundland]]. The [[Atlantic Charter]] is created as a result. * [[August 12]] - By one vote (203-202), the [[U.S. House of Representatives]] passes legislation extending the draft period for selectees and the [[United States National Guard|National Guard]] from one year to 30 months. * [[August 16]] - [[HMS Mercury (shore establishment)|HMS ''Mercury'']], Royal Navy Signals School and Combined Signals School Opens at Leydene, near [[Petersfield]], Hampshire, England. * [[August 18]] - [[Adolf Hitler]] orders a temporary halt to [[Nazi Germany|Nazi Germany's]] systematic [[euthanasia]] of [[mental illness|mentally ill]] and [[Disability|handicapped]] due to protests. However, graduates of the [[T-4 Euthanasia Program]] were then transferred to [[concentration camp]]s, where they continued in their trade. * [[August 22]] - [[World War II]]: [[France]] - German Occupation Authority announces that anyone found either working for or aiding the [[Free French]] will be sentenced to death. * [[August 24]] - [[World War II]]: A [[Luftwaffe]] bombing hits an [[Estonia]]n steamer with 3500 [[Soviet Union|Soviet]]-mobilized Estonian men on board, killing 598 of them. * [[August 25]] - [[World War II]]: [[Operation Countenance]] - [[United Kingdom]] and [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] forces invade [[Iran]]. * [[August 27]] - [[World War II]]: [[France]] - [[Pierre Laval]] is shot in an assassination attempt at [[Versailles]]. * [[August 28]] - [[World War II]]: [[Soviet Union|Soviets]] announce the destruction of massive [[Dnieper River]] dam at [[Zaporozhye]] to prevent its capture by the Germans. * [[August 31]] - ''[[The Great Gildersleeve]]'' debuts on [[NBC]] Radio. ===September=== * [[September 4]] - [[World War II]]: The [[USS Greer (DD-145)|USS ''Greer'']] becomes the first [[United States]] ship fired upon by a [[Germany|German]] submarine in the war, even though the United States is a neutral power. Tension heightens between the two nations as a result. * [[September 6]] - Holocaust: The requirement to wear the [[Star of David]] with the word "[[Jew]]" inscribed, is extended to all Jews over the age of 6 in [[Germany|German]]-occupied areas. * [[September 8]] - [[World War II]]: [[Siege of Leningrad]] begins - [[Germany|German]] forces begin a siege against the [[Soviet Union]]'s second-largest city, [[Saint Petersburg|Leningrad]]. Stalin orders the Volga Deutsche deported to Siberia. * [[September 11]] - [[World War II]]: **[[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] orders the [[United States Navy]] to shoot on sight if any ship or convoy is threatened. **[[Charles Lindbergh]], at an [[America First Committee]] rally in [[Des Moines, Iowa]], accuses "the British, the Jewish, and the Roosevelt administration" of leading the [[United States]] toward war. Widespread condemnation of Lindbergh follows. * [[September 12]] - [[World War II]]: First snowfall reported on Russian front. * [[September 15]] - [[Estonian Self-Administration|Self-government]] of [[Estonia]], headed by [[Hjalmar Mäe]], is appointed by German military administration. * [[September 16]] - [[Reza Pahlavi of Iran|Reza Pahlavi]], [[Shah of Iran]] is forced to resign in favor of his son [[Mohammad Reza Pahlavi of Iran]] under pressure from the [[United Kingdom]] and the [[Soviet Union]]. * [[September 27]] - The first [[Liberty Ship]], the [[SS Patrick Henry|SS ''Patrick Henry'']], is launched at [[Baltimore, Maryland]]. ===October=== * [[October 2]] - [[World War II]]: [[Operation Typhoon]] - [[Germany]] begins an all-out offensive against [[Moscow]]. * [[October 7]] - [[John Curtin]] becomes the 14th [[Prime Minister of Australia]] * [[October 8]] - [[World War II]]: In their invasion of the [[Soviet Union]], [[Germany]] reaches the [[Sea of Azov]] with the capture of [[Mariupol]]. * [[October 16]] - [[World War II]]: [[Soviet Union]] government moves to [[Kuibyshev]], but [[Stalin]] remains in [[Moscow]]. * [[October 17]] - [[World War II]]: The destroyer [[USS Kearny (DD-432)|USS ''Kearny'']] is torpedoed and damaged near [[Iceland]], killing eleven sailors - the first American military casualties of the war. * [[October 18]] - General [[Hideki Tojo]] becomes the 40th [[Prime Minister of Japan]]. * [[October 21]] - [[World War II]]: [[Germany|Germans]] rampage in [[Yugoslavia]], killing thousands of civilians * [[October 23]] - Walt Disney's feature-length cartoon ''[[Dumbo]]'' is released. * [[October 24]] - [[Franz von Werra]] disappears during a flight over North Sea * [[October 30]] - [[World War II]]: [[Franklin Delano Roosevelt]] approves US$1 billion in [[Lend-Lease]] aid to the [[Soviet Union]]. * [[October 31]] **After 14 years of work, drilling is completed on [[Mount Rushmore]]. **[[World War II]]: The destroyer [[USS Reuben James (DD-245)|USS ''Reuben James'']] is torpedoed by a [[Germany|German]] [[U-boat]] near [[Iceland]], killing more than 100 [[United States Navy]] sailors. ===November=== <!-- Link all dates, even if repeated, for date-format preferences. --> * [[November 6]] - [[World War II]]: Soviet leader [[Joseph Stalin]] addresses the [[Soviet Union]] for only the second time during his three-decade rule (the first time was earlier that year on [[July 2]]). He states that even though 350,000 troops were killed in [[Germany|German]] attacks so far, that the Germans have lost 4.5 million soldiers (a gross exaggeration) and that Soviet victory was near. * [[November 7]] - [[World War II]]: Soviet hospital [[ship Armenia]] sunk by German planes while evacuating refugees and wounded military and staff of several [[Crimea]]’s hospitals. It is estimated that over 5,000 people died in the sinking. * [[November 10]] - In a speech at the [[Mansion House]] in [[London]], [[Winston Churchill]] promises, "...should the [[United States]] become involved in war with [[Japan]], the British declaration will follow within the hour." * [[November 12]] - [[World War II]]: [[Battle of Moscow]]: Temperatures around [[Moscow]] drop to &minus;12 °[[Celsius|C]] and the [[Soviet Union]] launches [[Ski warfare|ski troops]] for the first time against the freezing [[Germany|German]] forces near the city. * [[November 13]] - [[World War II]]: The [[aircraft carrier]] [[HMS Ark Royal (91)|HMS ''Ark Royal'']] is hit by German [[U-boat]] [[Unterseeboot 81 (1941)|''U-81'']] * [[November 14]] - [[World War II]]: **[[HMS Ark Royal (91)|HMS ''Ark Royal'']] capsizes and sinks, having been torpedoed by [[Unterseeboot 81 (1941)|''U-81'']]. **[[Attack on Pearl Harbor]] - Japanese diplomat [[Saburo Kurusu]] arrives in the [[United States]] to assist Ambassador [[Kichisaburo Nomura]] in peace negotiations. * [[November 17]] - [[World War II]]: [[Attack on Pearl Harbor]] - [[Joseph Grew]], the [[United States]] ambassador to [[Japan]], cables to [[Washington, D.C.|Washington]] a warning that [[Japan]] may strike suddenly and unexpectedly at any time. * [[November 19]] - [[World War II]]: The [[Australia]]n war cruiser [[HMAS Sydney (1934)|HMAS ''Sydney'']] sinks off the coast of [[Western Australia]], killing 645 sailors. * [[November 21]] - The [[radio]] program ''[[King Biscuit Time]]'' is broadcast for the first time (it would later become the longest running daily radio broadcast in history and the most famous live [[blues]] radio program). * [[November 24]] - [[World War II]]: The [[United States]] grants [[Lend-Lease]] to the [[Free French]]. * [[November 25]] - [[Riaz Ahmed Gohar Shahi]], Pakistani author, Spiritual Leader and founder of International Spiritual Movement Anjuman Serfaroshan-e-Islam * [[November 26]] **US President [[Franklin Delano Roosevelt]] signs a bill establishing the fourth Thursday in November as [[Thanksgiving (United States)|Thanksgiving Day]] in the [[United States]] (this partly reversed a [[1939]] action by Roosevelt that changed the celebration of Thanksgiving to the third Thursday of November). **The [[Hull note]] ultimatum is delivered to Japan by the United States. **[[Attack on Pearl Harbor]] - A fleet of six [[aircraft carrier]]s commanded by [[Japan]]ese Vice Admiral [[Chuichi Nagumo]] leaves [[Hitokapu Bay]] for [[Pearl Harbor]] under strict [[radio]] silence. * [[November 27]] **A group of young men stop traffic on highway US 99 south of [[Yreka, California]], handing out fliers proclaiming the establishment of the [[State of Jefferson]]. ***[[Battle of Moscow]] - Germans reach their closest approach to [[Moscow]]. They are subsequently frozen by cold weather and attacks by the [[Soviets]]. **[[Attack on Pearl Harbor]] - All U.S. military forces in Asia and the Pacific are placed on war alert. ===December=== <!-- Link all dates, even if repeated, for date-format preferences. --> [[Image:USSArizona PearlHarbor 2.jpg|thumb|300px|The [[USS Arizona (BB-39)|USS ''Arizona'']] ablaze after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor]] * [[December 1]] - [[World War II]]: **[[Fiorello La Guardia]], Mayor of [[New York City]] and Director of the [[Office of Civilian Defense]], signed [[s:Administrative Order 9|Administrative Order 9]] creating the [[Civil Air Patrol]] under the authority of the [[United States Army Air Corps]]. **State of emergency declared in [[British Malaya|Malaya]] and the [[Straits Settlements]]. * [[December 2]] - [[World War II]]: [[Attack on Pearl Harbor]] - The code message "Climb Mount Niitaka" is transmitted to the Japanese task force, indicating that negotiations have broken down and that the attack is to be carried out according to plan. * [[December 4]] - [[State of Jefferson]] declared in [[Yreka, California]], with judge [[John Childs]] as a governor * [[December 6]] - [[World War II]]: [[Attack on Pearl Harbor]] - [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] makes a personal peace appeal to Emperor [[Hirohito]] of [[Japan]]. * [[December 7]], [[December 8]] (in [[Japan standard time]]) - [[Imperial Japanese Navy|Japanese Navy]] launches a surprise attack consisting of two full regiments on the [[United States]] fleet at [[Attack on Pearl Harbor|Pearl Harbor]], thus drawing the [[United States]] into [[World War II]]. * [[December 8]] - [[World War II]]: **The [[United States]] officially declares war on [[Empire of Japan|Japan]]. **[[China]] officially declares war on [[Empire of Japan|Japan]] **The [[Netherlands]] declares war on [[Empire of Japan|Japan]] **[[Japan]] launches invasions in [[Hong Kong]], [[British Malaya|Malaya]], [[Manila]], and [[Singapore]]. **[[Japan]] launches invasions in the [[Philippines]] we started beginning of the [[Japanese occupation of the Philippines]] from the [[Philippines|Filipino]], [[United States|American]] and [[Allied forces]] in the [[Philippines]]. * [[December 10]] - [[World War II]]: The British battleships [[HMS Prince of Wales (53)|HMS ''Prince of Wales'']] and [[HMS Repulse (1916)|HMS ''Repulse'']] are sunk by Japanese aircraft in the [[South China Sea]] north of [[Singapore]]. * [[December 11]] - [[World War II]]: **[[Germany]] and [[Italy]] declare war on the [[United States]]. The U.S. responds in kind. **American forces repel a Japanese landing attempt at [[Wake Island]]. * [[December 12]] - [[Hungary]] and [[Romania]] declare war on the [[United States]]. [[India]] declares war on [[Japan]]. [[United States]] seizes [[France|French]] ship [[SS Normandie|Normandie]]. * [[December 13]] - [[Sweden]]'s low temperature record of -53°C was set in a village within [[Vilhelmina Municipality]]. * [[December 19]] - [[World War II]]: [[Hitler]] becomes Supreme [[Commander-in-Chief]] of the [[German Army]] * [[December 23]] - [[World War II]]: A second Japanese landing attempt on [[Wake Island]] is successful, and the American garrison surrenders after a full night and morning of fighting. * [[December 25]] - [[World War II]]: British and Canadians are defeated by the Japanese at [[Hong Kong]]. * [[December 26]] - [[World War II]]: [[Winston Churchill]] becomes the first [[British Prime Minister]] to address a [[Joint session of the U.S. Congress]] * [[December 27]] - [[World War II]]: [[British Commandos]] raid the [[Norway|Norwegian]] port of [[Vågsøy|Vaagso]], causing Hitler to reinforce the garrison and defenses, drawing vital troops away from other areas. * [[December 28]] - [[World War II]]: starts the [[Operation Anthropoid]] (the assassination of [[Reinhard Heydrich|Heydrich]] in [[Prague]]). ===Undated=== * The [[Valley of Geysers]] is discovered in [[Russia]]. *Results of the [[Ives–Stilwell experiment]] are published, showing that [[ion]]s radiate at [[Frequency|frequencies]] affected by their motion. * In [[Sweden]], [[Victor Hasselblad]] forms the [[Hasselblad]] camera company. * Indochina Communist party, led by [[Ho Chi Minh]], combines with Nationalist party to form the [[Vietminh]]. ===Ongoing=== * [[Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945)|Sino-Japanese War]] ([[1937]]-[[1945]]). * [[World War II]] ([[1939]]-[[1945]]). {{-}}<!-- reset to left margin, for future images above --> ==Births== {{Year in other calendars|japanese=[[Shōwa]] 16}} ===January=== <!-- Link all dates, even if repeated, for date-format preferences. --> *[[January 3]] - [[Van Dyke Parks]], American composer, producer, and musician *[[January 4]] **[[John Bennett Perry]], American actor **[[Maureen Reagan]], American actress. *[[January 5]] **[[Hayao Miyazaki]], Japanese filmmaker **[[Kevin Keelan]], English footballer *[[January 7]] **[[Iona Brown]], British violinist and conductor (d. [[2004]]) **[[Manfred Schellscheidt]], German American soccer coach **[[John E. Walker]], English chemist, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Prize]] laureate *[[January 8]] - [[Graham Chapman]], British comedian (d. [[1989]]) *[[January 9]] - [[Joan Baez]], American singer and activitist *[[January 11]] - [[Dave Edwards (musician)|Dave Edwards]], American musician (d. [[2000]]) *[[January 12]] - [[Long John Baldry]], British singer (d. [[2005]]) *[[January 14]] **[[Faye Dunaway]], American actress **[[Milan Kučan]], Slovenian politician and statesman **[[David Johnston (newsreader)|David Johnston]], retired Australian newsreader *[[January 15]] - [[Captain Beefheart]], American singer *[[January 18]] - [[David Ruffin]], American singer (d. [[1991]]) *[[January 21]] **[[Plácido Domingo]], Spanish-born tenor **[[Richie Havens]], American musician *[[January 24]] **[[Neil Diamond]], American singer and songwriter **[[Aaron Neville]], American singer *[[January 26]] **[[Scott Glenn]], American actor **[[Henry Jaglom]], English film director *[[January 27]] - [[Beatrice Tinsley]], English astronomer *[[January 30]] **[[Dick Cheney]], [[Vice President of the United States]] **[[Tineke Lagerberg]], Dutch swimmer *[[January 31]] - [[Dick Gephardt]], American politician ===February=== *[[February 1]] - [[Jerry Spinelli]], American children's author *[[February 5]] **[[David Selby]], American actor **[[Kaspar Villiger]], Swiss Federal Councilor *[[February 6]] - [[Howard Phillips]], American politician *[[February 7]] - [[Peter Foxhall]], Australian evangelist *[[February 8]] - [[Nick Nolte]], American actor *[[February 10]] - [[Michael Apted]], English film director *[[February 13]] - [[Sigmar Polke]], German painter *[[February 19]] - [[David Gross]], American physicist, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate *[[February 20]] - [[Buffy Sainte-Marie]], American singer *[[February 26]] - [[Tony Ray-Jones]], British photographer (d. [[1972]]) *[[February 27]] - [[Paddy Ashdown]], British politician ===March=== *[[March 4]] **[[Adrian Lyne]], English film director **[[John Aprea]], American actor *[[March 5]] - [[Nona Gaprindashvili]], Georgian chess player *[[March 6]] - [[Willie Stargell]], baseball player (d. [[2001]]) *[[March 14]] - [[Wolfgang Petersen]], German film director *[[March 15]] - [[Mike Love]], American musician ([[The Beach Boys]]) *[[March 16]] **[[Robert Guéï]], military ruler of Côte d'Ivoire (d. [[2002]]) **[[Chuck Woolery]], American game show host *[[March 18]] - [[Wilson Pickett]], American singer (d. [[2006]]) *[[March 23]] - [[Jim Trelease]], American educator and author *[[March 26]] - [[Richard Dawkins]], British scientist *[[March 28]] - [[Jim Turner (placekicker)|Jim Turner]], American football player *[[March 29]] - [[Joseph Hooton Taylor, Jr.]], American astrophysicist, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate *[[March 30]] - [[Wasim Sajjad]], [[President of Pakistan]] ===April=== *[[April 3]] - [[Philippe Wynne]], American musician (d. [[1984]]) *[[April 8]] - [[Peggy Lennon]], American singer ([[The Lennon Sisters]]) *[[April 9]] - [[Kaye Adams]], American country singer *[[April 12]] - [[Bobby Moore]], English football player and World Cup winning captain (d. [[1993]]) *[[April 13]] - [[Michael Stuart Brown]], American geneticist, recipient of the [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine]] *[[April 14]] - [[Julie Christie]], British actress *[[April 14]] - [[Pete Rose]], baseball player *[[April 23]] **[[Paavo Lipponen]], [[Prime Minister of Finland]] **[[Ed Stewart]], English disc jockey *[[April 24]] - [[John Williams (guitarist)|John Williams]], Australian guitarist *[[April 27]] - [[Lee Roy Jordan]], American football player *[[April 28]] **[[Ann-Margret]], Swedish-born actress **[[K. Barry Sharpless]], American chemist, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Prize]] laureate **[[Iryna Zhylenko]], Ukrainian poet ===May=== <!-- Link all dates, even if repeated, for date-format preferences. --> *[[May 5]] - [[Alexander Ragulin]], Russian hockey player (d. [[2004]]) *[[May 11]] - [[Eric Burdon]], English singer ([[The Animals]]) *[[May 13]] **[[Senta Berger]], Swedish actress **[[Ritchie Valens]], American singer (d. [[1959]]) *[[May 15]] - [[K.T. Oslin]], American musician *[[May 19]] **[[Bobby Burgess]], American dancer and singer **[[Nora Ephron]], American film, producer, director, and screenwriter *[[May 20]] - [[Goh Chok Tong]], [[Prime Minister of Singapore]] *[[May 22]] - [[Paul Winfield]], American actor (d. [[2004]]) *[[May 24]] - [[Bob Dylan]], American poet and musician *[[May 26]] - [[John Kaufman]], Sculptor *[[May 31]] - [[Louis J. Ignarro]], American pharmacologist, recipient of the [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine]] ===June=== *[[June 4]] - [[Erkin Koray]], Turkish musician *[[June 5]] **[[Martha Argerich]], Argentine pianist **[[Spalding Gray]], American actor and screenwriter (d. [[2004]]) *[[June 6]] - [[Neal Adams]], American comic book artist *[[June 8]] **[[Robert Bradford (NI politician)|Robert Bradford]], Irish footballer and politician (d. [[1981]]) **[[Fuzzy Haskins]], American musician ([[P-Funk]]) *[[June 9]] **[[Jon Lord]], organist of [[Deep Purple]], the "Lord of the [[Hammond organ]]" *[[June 10]] - [[Mickey Jones]], American actor and musician *[[June 12]] - [[Marv Albert]], American sports announcer *[[June 21]] ** [[Joe Flaherty]], American-Canadian actor ** [[Valeri Zolotukhin]], Soviet/Russian actor *[[June 19]] - [[Conchita Carpio-Morales]], Filipino [[Supreme Court of the Philippines|Supreme Court]] jurist *[[June 22]] - [[Michael Lerner (actor)|Michael Lerner]], American actor *[[June 24]] - [[Bill Reardon]], American politician and educator *[[June 27]] - [[Krzysztof Kieślowski]], Polish film director (d. [[1996]]) *[[June 28]] - [[Joseph Goguen]], American computer scientist (d. [[2006]]) ===July=== <!-- Link all dates, even if repeated, for date-format preferences. --> *[[July 1]] **[[Alfred G. Gilman]], American scientist, recipient of the [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine]] **[[Myron Scholes]], American economist, [[Nobel Prize in Economics|Nobel Prize]] laureate *[[July 6]] - [[Harold Leighton Weller]], American conductor *[[July 7]] - [[Bill Oddie]], [[England|English]] [[comedian]] and [[ornithologist]] *[[July 10]] - [[Jackie Lane]], British actress *[[July 11]] - [[Tommy Vance]], English disc jockey (d. [[2005]]) *[[July 12]] - [[Benny Parsons]], American race car driver (d. [[2007]]) [[July 14]] **[[Maulana Karenga]], American author and activist **[[Andreas Khol]], Austrian politician *[[July 19]] - [[Vikki Carr]], American singer *[[July 27]] - [[Bill Baxley]], Alabama politician *[[July 28]] - [[Riccardo Muti]], Italian conductor *[[July 29]] **[[Jennifer Dunn]], American politician (d. [[2007]]) **[[David Warner]], English actor *[[July 30]] - [[Paul Anka]], Canadian-American singer and songwriter *[[July 31]] - [[Amarsinh Chaudhary]], Indian politician ===August=== *[[August 3]] - [[Martha Stewart]], American television and magazine personality *[[August 6]] - [[Lyle Berman]], American poker player *[[August 14]] - [[Connie Smith]], American singer *[[August 20]] - [[Slobodan Milošević]], [[President of Serbia]] (d. [[2006]]) *[[August 22]] - [[Bill Parcells]], American football coach *[[August 28]] - [[Joseph Shabalala]], South African musician ([[Ladysmith Black Mambazo]]) ===September=== *[[September 2]] **[[David Bale]], South African-born activist (d. [[2003]]) **[[John Thompson (basketball)|John Thompson]], American basketball coach *[[September 4]] - [[Sushilkumar Shinde]], Indian politician *[[September 9]] **[[Otis Redding]], American musician (d. [[1967]]) **[[Dennis Ritchie]], American computer scientist *[[September 10]] **[[Christopher Hogwood]], English conductor and harpsichordist **[[Gunpei Yokoi]], Japanese computer game producer (d. [[1997]]) *[[September 14]] - [[Alberto Naranjo]], Venezuelan musician *[[September 15]] **[[George Saimes]], American football player **[[Mirosław Hermaszewski]], First Polish Cosmonaut in Space *[[September 17]] - [[Bob Matsui]], U.S. Congressman from California (d. [[2005]]) *[[September 19]] - [[Cass Elliott]], American singer (d. [[1974]]) *[[September 20]] - [[Dale Chihuly]], American Glass Sculptor *[[September 24]] - [[Guy Hovis]], American singer *[[September 27]] - [[Gay Kayler]] Ashcroft, Australian country music singer ===October=== *[[October 2]] - [[Zareh Baronian]], [[Archimandrite, Dr., theologian, Armenian Church, Bucarest]] *[[October 4]] ** [[Elizabeth Eckford]], one of the [[Little Rock Nine]] **[[Jackie Collins]], British writer **[[Anne Rice]], American writer *[[October 5]] - [[Eduardo Duhalde]], [[President of Argentina]] *[[October 8]] - [[Jesse Jackson]], American clergyman and civil rights activist *[[October 9]] - [[Trent Lott]], former [[United States Senate Minority Leader]] and [[United States Senate Majority Leader]] *[[October 10]] - [[Peter Coyote]], American actor *[[October 13]] - [[Paul Simon]], American singer and composer *[[October 16]] - [[Tim McCarver]], baseball commentator *[[October 20]] - [[Anneke Wills]], British actress *[[October 23]] - [[Mel Winkler]], American actor *[[October 25]] **[[Helen Reddy]], Australian singer and actress **[[Anne Tyler]], American novelist *[[October 28]] **[[John Hallam]], Irish actor **[[Hank Marvin]], British guitarist, singer and songwriter *[[October 27]] - [[Gerd Brantenberg]], Norwegian feminist author and gay rights activist *[[October 30]] - [[Theodor W. Hänsch]], German physicist, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate ===November=== <!-- Link all dates, even if repeated, for date-format preferences. --> *[[November 1]] - [[Nigel Dempster]], British journalist, author, broadcaster and diarist (d.[[2007]]) *[[November 5]] - [[Art Garfunkel]], American singer. *[[November 6]] - [[Doug Sahm]], American musician (d. [[1999]]) *[[November 18]] - [[David Hemmings]], English actor (d. [[2003]]) *[[November 23]] - [[Derek Mahon]], Irish poet *[[November 25]] - [[Gohar Shahi]], Spiritual Leader of Pakistan (d. [[2001]]) *[[November 26]] - [[G. Alan Marlatt]], American psychologist *[[November 27]] - [[Eddie Rabbitt]], American musician (d. [[1998]]) *[[November 29]] - [[Bill Freehan]], baseball player ===December=== *[[December 9]] - [[Beau Bridges]], American actor *[[December 10]] **[[Colin Kelly]], American airman **[[Kyu Sakamoto]], Japanese singer and actor (d. [[1985]]) *[[December 13]] - [[John Davidson (game show host)|John Davidson]], American singer and actor *[[December 18]] - [[Prince William of Gloucester]] *[[December 19]] - [[Lee Myung Bak]], the 17th [[president of South Korea]] *[[December 23]] - [[Ron Bushy]], musician, [[Iron Butterfly]] *[[December 23]] - [[Tim Hardin]], American musician (d. [[1980]]) *[[December 24]] - [[John Levene]], British actor *[[December 30]] - [[Mel Renfro]], American football player *[[December 31]] - [[Sir Alex Ferguson]], Manager of Manchester United ==Deaths== ===January-February=== <!-- Link all dates, even if repeated, for date-format preferences. --> *[[January 4]] - [[Henri Bergson]], French philiosopher, recipient of the [[Nobel Prize in Literature]] (b. [[1859]]) *[[January 5]] - [[Amy Johnson]], English aviator (b. [[1903]]) *[[January 8]] - Lord [[Robert Baden-Powell]], English soldier and founder of the Boy Scouts (b. [[1847]]) *[[January 10]] **[[Frank Bridge]], English composer (b. [[1879]]) **Sir [[John Lavery]], Irish artist (b. [[1856]]) **[[Joe Penner]], American comedian and actor (b. [[1904]]) *[[January 13]] - [[James Joyce]], Irish writer (b. [[1882]]) *[[February 6]] - [[Banjo Paterson]], Australian [[poet]] & [[journalist]] (b. [[1864]]) *[[February 9]] - [[Aaron S. Watkins]], American temperance movement leader (b. [[1863]]) *[[February 11]] - [[Rudolf Hilferding]], German economist and Minister of Finance (b. [[1877]]) *[[February 21]] - [[Frederick Banting]], Canadian physician, recipient of the [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine]] (b. [[1891]]) *[[February 24]] - [[Lothar von Arnauld de la Perière]], German submariner (b. [[1886]]) *[[February 27]] - [[William D. Byron]], U.S. Congressman (b. [[1895]]) *[[February 28]] - King [[Alfonso XIII of Spain]] (b. [[1886]]) ===March-July=== *[[March 6]] - [[Gutzon Borglum]], American sculptor (b. [[1867]]) *[[March 8]] - [[Sherwood Anderson]], American author (b. [[1876]]) *[[March 15]] - [[Alexej von Jawlensky]], Russian painter (b. [[1864]]) *[[March 28]] - [[Virginia Woolf]], English writer (b. [[1882]]) *[[April 13]] - [[Annie Jump Cannon]], American astronomer (b. [[1863]]) *[[April 16]] - [[Josiah Stamp]], 1st Baron Stamp, Bt, GCB, GBE, FBA, a British civil servant, industrialist, economist, statistician and banker (b.[[1880]]) *[[April 24]] - [[Karin Boye]], Swedish poetess (suicide) (b. [[1900]]) *[[April 28]] - [[Luisa Tetrazzini]], [[Italy|Italian]] [[coloratura]] [[soprano]] (b. [[1871]]) *[[May 16]] - [[Minnie Vautrin]], American missionary and heroine of the Nanjing Massacre (b. [[1887]]) *[[May 30]] - [[Prajadhipok]], Rama VII, king of Thailand (b. [[1893]]) *[[June 2]] - [[Lou Gehrig]], baseball player (b. [[1903]]) *[[June 4]] - [[William II, German Emperor|Wilhelm II]], Last Emperor of Germany (b. [[1859]]) *[[June 6]] - [[Louis Chevrolet]], Swiss-born automobile builder and race car driver (b. [[1878]]) *[[June 29]] - [[Ignacy Jan Paderewski]], Polish pianist, composer, and third [[Prime Minister of Poland]] (b. [[1860]]) *[[July 4]] - [[Antoni Łomnicki]], Polish mathematician (b. [[1881]]) *[[July 10]] - [[Jelly Roll Morton]], American jazz musician and composer (b. [[1890]]) *[[July 11]] - [[Arthur Evans]], English archaeologist (b. [[1851]]) *[[July 25]] - [[Allan Forrest]], American actor (b. [[1885]]) *[[July 26]] - [[Henri Lebesgue]], French mathematician (b. [[1875]]) ===August-December=== *[[August 7]] - [[Rabindranath Tagore]], Indian author, [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. [[1861]]) *[[August 13]] - [[J. Stuart Blackton|James Stuart Blackton]], American film producer (b. [[1875]]) *[[August 14]] - [[Paul Sabatier (chemist)|Paul Sabatier]], French chemist, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. [[1854]]) *[[August 30]] - [[Peder Oluf Pedersen]], Danish engineer and physicist (b. [[1874]]) *[[August 31]] - [[Marina Tsvetaeva]], Russian poet (suicide) (b. [[1892]]) *[[September 12]] - [[Hans Spemann]], German embryologist, recipient of the [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine]] (b. [[1869]]) *[[October 5]] - [[Louis Brandeis]], U.S. Supreme Court Justice (b. [[1856]]) *[[October 8]] - [[Valentine O'Hara]], author and authority on [[Russia]] and the [[Baltic States]] (b. [[1875]]) *[[October 26]] - [[Arkady Gaidar]], Russian writer (b. [[1904]]) *[[October 29]] - [[Harvey Hendrick]], American baseball player (b. [[1897]]) *[[November 18]] **[[Walther Nernst]], German chemist, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. [[1864]]) **[[Chris Watson]], third [[Prime Minister of Australia]] (b. [[1867]]) *[[November 21]] - [[Henrietta Vinton Davis]], American elocutionist, dramatist, impersonator, public speaker (b. [[1860]]) *[[November 26]] - [[Niels Hansen Jacobsen]], Danish sculptor and ceramist (b. [[1861]]) *[[December 3]] - [[Christian Sinding]], Norwegian composer (b. [[1856]]) *[[December 7]] - [[Pearl Harbor Attack]], Japanese Surprise Attack On Naval Base In Hawaii) (b. [[1884]]) *[[December 7]] - [[Isaac Campbell Kidd]], American admiral (died in the attack on Pearl Harbor) (b. [[1884]]) *[[December 12]] - [[Cesar Basa]], Filipino pilot (b. [[1915]]) *[[December 30]] - [[El Lissitzky]], Russian artist and architect (b. [[1890]]) ==Nobel prizes== * [[Nobel Prize/Physics|Physics]] - not awarded * [[Nobel Prize/Chemistry|Chemistry]] - not awarded * [[Nobel Prize/Physiology or medicine|Medicine]] - not awarded * [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Literature]] - not awarded * [[Nobel Prize/Peace|Peace]] - not awarded ==Ship events== * [[List of ship launches in 1941]] * [[List of ship commissionings in 1941]] * [[List of shipwrecks in 1941]] ==External links== *[http://www.coinpage.com/1941-pictures.html 1941 Coin Pictures] [[Category:1941| ]] [[af:1941]] [[am:1941 እ.ኤ.አ.]] [[ang:1941]] [[ar:1941]] [[an:1941]] [[roa-rup:1941]] [[frp:1941]] [[ast:1941]] [[gn:1941]] [[av:1941]] [[az:1941]] [[bn:১৯৪১]] [[zh-min-nan:1941 nî]] [[map-bms:1941]] [[be:1941]] [[be-x-old:1941]] [[bh:१९४१]] [[bs:1941]] [[br:1941]] [[bg:1941]] [[ca:1941]] [[cv:1941]] [[cs:1941]] [[co:1941]] [[cy:1941]] [[da:1941]] [[de:1941]] [[et:1941]] [[el:1941]] [[es:1941]] [[eo:1941]] [[eu:1941]] [[fa:۱۹۴۱ (میلادی)]] [[fo:1941]] [[hif:1941]] [[fr:1941]] [[fy:1941]] [[ga:1941]] [[gan:1941年]] [[gv:1941]] [[gd:1941]] [[gl:1941]] [[ko:1941년]] [[hy:1941]] [[hi:1941]] [[hr:1941.]] [[io:1941]] [[ilo:1941]] [[bpy:মারি ১৯৪১]] [[id:1941]] [[ia:1941]] [[os:1941]] [[is:1941]] [[it:1941]] [[he:1941]] [[jv:1941]] [[pam:1941]] [[kn:೧೯೪೧]] [[ka:1941]] [[csb:1941]] [[kk:1941]] [[kw:1941]] [[sw:1941]] [[ht:1941 (almanak gregoryen)]] [[ku:1941]] [[la:1941]] [[lb:1941]] [[lt:1941 m.]] [[lij:1941]] [[lmo:1941]] [[hu:1941]] [[mk:1941]] [[mi:1941]] [[mr:इ.स. १९४१]] [[ms:1941]] [[nah:1941]] [[nl:1941]] [[new:ई सं १९४१]] [[ja:1941年]] [[nap:1941]] [[no:1941]] [[nn:1941]] [[nrm:1941]] [[nov:1941]] [[oc:1941]] [[uz:1941]] [[pi:१९४१]] [[nds:1941]] [[pl:1941]] [[pt:1941]] [[ty:1941]] [[ksh:Joohr 1941]] [[ro:1941]] [[ru:1941 год]] [[se:1941]] [[sq:1941]] [[scn:1941]] [[simple:1941]] [[sk:1941]] [[sl:1941]] [[so:1941]] [[sr:1941]] [[sh:1941]] [[su:1941]] [[fi:1941]] [[sv:1941]] [[tl:1941]] [[ta:1941]] [[tt:1941]] [[te:1941]] [[th:พ.ศ. 2484]] [[vi:1941]] [[tg:1941]] [[tr:1941]] [[tk:1941]] [[uk:1941]] [[vec:1941]] [[wa:1941]] [[vls:1941]] [[yo:1941]] [[zh-yue:1941年]] [[cbk-zam:1941]] [[bat-smg:1941]] [[zh:1941年]]