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What Happened On 10th December 1941 In History

December 10th (1941) was a Wednesday. It's the 344th day of the year (345th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 21 days left to the end of the year.

Historical Events for 10th December, 1941

  • » World War II: The Royal Navy capital ships HMS Prince of Wales 53 6 and HMS Repulse 1916 6 Sinking of Prince of Wales and Repulse are sunk by Imperial Japanese Navy torpedo bombers near British Malaya Malaya.
  • » World War II: Battle of the Philippines (1941-42) called Battle of the Philippines Imperial Japanese forces under the command of General Masaharu Homma land on the Philippine mainland.

Famous Birthdays on December 10 in 1941

  • » Fionnula Flanagan, Irish actress
  • » Tommy Kirk, American actor and singer
  • » Tommy Rettig, American actor and engineer (d. 1996)
  • » Kyu Sakamoto, Japanese singer-songwriter and actor (d. 1985)
  • » Peter Sarstedt, Indian-English singer-songwriter and guitarist
  • » Chad & Jeremy named Chad Stuart, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (Chad & Jeremy)
  • » Ken Campbell, English writer, actor, director and comedian (d. 2008)

December 10th Famous Deaths for 1941

  • » Erich Jacoby, Estonian-Polish architect (b. 1885)
  • » Colin Kelly, American captain and pilot (b. 1915)

December 10th Holidays in History

  • » Flag days in Sweden named Alfred Nobel Day or 'Nobeldagen' (Sweden)
  • » Christian feast day:
  • » Eulalia of Mérida
  • » Karl Barth (Episcopal Church (USA))
  • » Thomas Merton (Episcopal Church (USA))
  • » Basilica della Santa Casa called Translation of the Holy House of Loreto
  • » December 10 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
  • » Public holidays in Thailand named Constitution Day (Thailand)
  • » Human Rights Day (International observance e.g International)

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