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1941
Netherlands begins taxing wages -
1941
World War II: German bombing severely damages the Llandaff Cathedral in Cardiff, Wales. -
1941
World War II: The U.S. government announces its Liberty ship program to build freighters in support of the war effort. -
1941
Canada & US acquire air bases in Newfoundland (99 yr lease) -
1941
Italian counter offensive in Albania -
1941
Sergei Rachmaninov's "Symphonic Dances" premieres in Philadelphia -
1941
British/Australian troops conquer Bardia, Libya -
1941
Resistance fighters counter d'Estienne d'Orves/Jan Doornik, 1st meet -
1941
6,000 Jews exterminated in pogrom in Bucharest, Romania -
1941
Maiden flight by Canada's British-built Avro Lancaster military plane -
1941
Joseph Kesselring's "Arsenic & Old Lace" premieres in NYC -
1941
Seyss-Inquart begins registration of Jews -
1941
World War II: The Greek army captures Kleisoura. -
1941
Princess Irene Brigade established in Congleton -
1941
US vice admiral Bellinger warns of an assault on Pearl Harbor -
1941
War Dept forms first Army Air Corps squadron for black cadets -
1941
World War II: A counter-offensive is launched by the British against the Italians in East Africa -
1941
British offensive in Eritrea -
1941
Bela Bartok's 6th string quartet, premieres in NYC -
1941
1st anti-Jewish measures in Bulgaria -
1941
1st commercial extraction of magnesium from seawater, Freeport, TX -
1941
Australian and British troops attack Tobruk, Libya -
1941
British communist newspaper "Daily Worker" banned -
1941
1st mass killing of Jews in Romania -
1941
British/Australian troops capture Tobruk from Italians -
1941
Groundbreaking for NACA (now NASA) Lewis Research Center -
1941
WOR-AM in Newark NJ moves to NYC -
1941
British troops march into Abyssinia -
1941
Pope Pius XII elevates the Apostolic Vicariate of the Hawaiian Islands to the dignity of a diocese. It becomes the Roman Catholic Diocese of Honolulu. -
1941
Peruvian agent Rivera-Schreiber warns of Japanese assault on Pearl Harbor -
1941
French-Thai War: Final air battle of the conflict. Japanese-mediated armistice goes into effect later in the day. -
1941
Alexandros Koryzis becomes Prime Minister of Greece -
1941
Australian troops conquer Derna, Libya -
1941
Anti-German demonstration in Haarlem, Netherlands -
1941
British army Layforce commando units set sail -
1941
US female Figure Skating championship won by Jane Vaughn -
1941
US male Figure Skating championship won by Eugene Turner -
1941
US Supreme Court upheld Federal Wage & Hour law, sets minimum wages & maximum hours -
1941
British tanks occupy Maus, Libya -
1941
United Service Organization (USO) founded