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1941 ( MCMXLI) 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.
Operation Barbarossa (German: Unternehmen Barbarossa; Russian: Операция Барбаросса, romanized: Operatsiya Barbarossa) was the invasion of the Soviet Union by Nazi Germany and many of its Axis allies, starting on Sunday, 22 June 1941, during the Second World War. It was the largest and costliest land offensive in human history ...
- 22 June 1941 – 7 January 1942, (6 months, 2 weeks and 2 days)
- Axis captured approximately 600,000 square kilometres of Soviet territory but failed to reach the A-A line
- Soviet Victory, Axis operational failure
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Federal government
1. President: Franklin D. Roosevelt (D-New York) 2. Vice President: John Nance Garner (D-Texas) (until January 20), Henry A. Wallace (D-Iowa) (starting January 20) 3. Chief Justice: Charles Evans Hughes (New York) (until June 30), Harlan F. Stone (New York) (starting July 3) 4. Speaker of the House of Representatives: Sam Rayburn (D-Texas) 5. Senate Majority Leader: Alben W. Barkley (D-Kentucky) 6. Congress: 76th (until January 3), 77th(starting January 3)
January
1. 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. 2. January 6 2.1. Four Freedoms speech: During his State of the Union address, President Roosevelt presents his Four Freedoms as fundamental global human rights. 2.2. The keel of the USS Missouri is laid at the New York Navy Yard in Brooklyn. 3. January 10 – The Lend-Lease law is introduced into the U.S. Congress. 4. January 13 – Al...
February
1. February 4 – World War II: The United Service Organization(USO) is created to entertain American troops. 2. February 8 – World War II: The U.S. House of Representatives passes the Lend-Leaselaw. 3. February 9 – Winston Churchill, in a worldwide broadcast, asks the United States to show its support by sending arms to the British: "Give us the tools, and we will finish the job." 4. February 14 – World War II – Attack on Pearl Harbor: Admiral Kichisaburō Nomurabegins his duties as Japanese am...
March
1. March – Captain America Comics #1 issues the first Captain America & Buckycomic. (cover date of Mar 1941, it was actually released the previous December) 2. March 1 2.1. W47NV begins operations in Nashville, Tennessee, becoming the first fully licensed commercial FM radiostation. 2.2. Arthur L. Bristol becomes Rear Admiral for the United States Navy's Support Force, Atlantic Fleet. 3. March 4 – World War II: All US assets of Bulgarian nationals are frozen. 4. March 8 – World War II: The U....
April 12 – The Boston Bruins won their third Stanley Cup, and last until 1970, defeating the Detroit Red Wings 4 games to 0. The deciding Game 4 was played at Detroit's OlympiaArena.
January
1. January 1 – Marshall "Rock" Jones, African-American bass player (Ohio Players) (d. 2016) 2. January 4 2.1. Maureen Reagan, American political activist (d. 2001) 2.2. John Bennett Perry, American actor, singer and former model 3. January 5 3.1. Harvey Hall, American businessman, politician (d. 2018) 3.2. Chuck McKinley, American tennis player (d. 1986) 4. January 7 – Frederick D. Gregory, American pilot and astronaut 5. January 9 – Joan Baez, American singer, songwriter and activist 6. Janu...
February
1. February 1 – Jerry Spinelli, American author 2. February 3 2.1. Dory Funk, Jr., American professional wrestler 2.2. Howard Phillips, American politician (d. 2013) 3. February 5 3.1. Stephen J. Cannell, American director, producer (d. 2010) 3.2. Henson Cargill, American country music singer (d. 2007) 3.3. David Selby, American actor 3.4. Barrett Strong, American Motown singer-songwriter (d. 2023) 3.5. Cory Wells, American rock singer (Three Dog Night) (d. 2015) 4. February 6 4.1. Stephen Al...
March
1. March 4 1.1. Richard Benjamin Harrison, American businessman, reality TV star (d. 2018) 1.2. James Zagel, American attorney and judge (d. 2023) 2. March 5 2.1. Stanley Cowell, American jazz pianist (d. 2020) 2.2. Phil Roof, American baseball player 3. March 8 – James Reston Jr., American journalist and writer (d. 2023) 4. March 9 – Ernesto Miranda, American criminal (d. 1976) 5. March 10 – George Smith, biochemist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Chemistryin 2018 6. March 15 – Mike Love, A...
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)This is a timeline of events that stretched over the period of World War II in 1941, marked also by the beginning of Operation Barbarossa on the Eastern Front.
The attack on Pearl Harbor [nb 3] was a surprise military strike by the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service on the American naval base at Pearl Harbor in Honolulu, Hawaii, in the United States, just before 8:00 a.m. (local time) on Sunday, December 7, 1941. At the time, the United States was a neutral country in the World War II conflict.
- December 7, 1941; 81 years ago
1941 ( MCMXLI ) 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. Events.
Dec 14, 1979 · 99+ Photos. Action Comedy War. Hysterical Californians prepare for a Japanese invasion in the days after Pearl Harbor. Director. Steven Spielberg. Writers. Robert Zemeckis. Bob Gale. John Milius. Stars. John Belushi. Dan Aykroyd. Treat Williams. See production info at IMDbPro. RENT/BUY. from $3.59. search Amazon. Add to Watchlist.
