What Happened In August 1941 In History

Historical Events for August, 1941

• 5th » World War II: The Battle of Smolensk (1941) called Battle of Smolensk concludes with Germany capturing about 300,000 Soviet Red Army prisoners.
• 14th » World War II: Winston Churchill and Franklin D. Roosevelt sign the Atlantic Charter of war stating postwar aims.
• 15th » Corporal Josef Jakobs is executed by firing squad at the Tower of London at 07:12, making him the last person to be executed at the Tower for espionage.
• 22nd » World War II: German troops reach Saint Petersburg known as Leningrad, leading to the siege of Leningrad.
• 29th » Tallinn, the Capital of Estonia is occupied by Nazi Germany following an occupation by the Soviet Union.
• 31st » World War II: Chetniks named Serbian paramilitary forces defeat Germans in the Battle of Loznica (1941) called Battle of Loznica.

Famous Birthdays on August in 1941

• 1st » Ron Brown (U.S. politician) known as Ron Brown, American captain and politician, 30th United States Secretary of Commerce (d. 1996)
• 1st » Étienne Roda-Gil, French songwriter and screenwriter (d. 2004)
• 2nd » Doris Coley, American singer (The Shirelles) (d. 2000)
• 2nd » Jules A. Hoffmann, Luxembourgian-French biologist and academic, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine called Nobel Prize laureate
• 2nd » Ede Staal, Dutch singer-songwriter (d. 1986)
• 2nd » François Weyergans, Belgian director and screenwriter
• 3rd » Beverly Lee, American singer (The Shirelles)
• 3rd » Martha Stewart, American businesswoman, publisher, and author, founded Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia
• 4th » Martin Jarvis (actor) or Martin Jarvis, English actor
• 4th » Ted Strickland, American psychologist and politician, 68th Governor of Ohio
• 5th » Bob Clark, American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2007)
• 5th » Leonid Kizim, Ukrainian general, pilot, and astronaut (d. 2010)
• 5th » Airto Moreira, Brazilian-American drummer and composer (Return to Forever)
• 6th » Lyle Berman, American poker player
• 6th » Ray Culp, American baseball player
• 6th » Andrew Green (diplomat) named Andrew Green, English diplomat
• 7th » Matthew Evans, Baron Evans of Temple Guiting, English politician
• 8th » George Tiller, American physician (d. 2009)
• 9th » Way Bandy, American make-up artist (d. 1986)
• 9th » Shirlee Busbee, American author
• 10th » Anita Lonsbrough, English swimmer
• 10th » Kees van Kooten, Dutch comedian, actor, and author
• 10th » Susan Dorothea White, Australian painter and sculptor
• 11th » Alla Kushnir, Russian–Israeli chess player (d. 2013)
• 12th » Réjean Ducharme, Canadian author and playwright
• 12th » Dana Ivey, American actress and singer
• 13th » Erin Fleming, Canadian-American actress (d. 2003)
• 13th » Susan Jameson, English actress
• 14th » Lynne Cheney, American wife of Dick Cheney, 32nd Second Lady of the United States
• 14th » David Crosby, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Byrds, Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, and CPR (band) named CPR)
• 14th » Connie Smith, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 15th » Jim Brothers, American sculptor (d. 2013)
• 15th » Manolis Mavrommatis, Greek politician
• 15th » Lou Perryman, American actor (d. 2009)
• 16th » Théoneste Bagosora, Rwandan soldier
• 17th » Lothar Bisky, German politician (d. 2013)
• 17th » Jean Pierre Lefebvre, Canadian director and screenwriter
• 18th » Christopher Jones (actor) named Christopher Jones, American actor (d. 2014)
• 19th » Mihalis Papagiannakis, Greek educator and politician (d. 2009)
• 20th » Dave Brock, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (Hawkwind)
• 20th » Rich Brooks, American football player and coach
• 20th » Anne Evans, English soprano
• 20th » William H. Gray (Pennsylvania politician) known as William H. Gray, American lawyer and politician (d. 2013)
• 20th » Slobodan Milošević, Serbian politician, 1st President of Serbia (d. 2006)
• 20th » Robin Oakley, English journalist and author
• 20th » Jo Ramírez, Mexican race car driver and manager
• 22nd » Bill Parcells, American football player and coach
• 23rd » Jim Ford, American singer-songwriter (d. 2007)
• 25th » Marshall Brickman, Brazilian-American director, producer, and screenwriter
• 25th » Mario Corso, Italian footballer and coach
• 26th » Chris Curtis, English singer and drummer (The Searchers (band) or The Searchers) (d. 2005)
• 26th » Jane Merrow, English actress
• 26th » Barbet Schroeder, French-Swiss director and producer
• 26th » Akiko Wakabayashi, Japanese actress
• 27th » Cesária Évora, Cape Verdean singer (d. 2011)
• 27th » János Konrád, Hungarian water polo player and swimmer
• 27th » Harrison Page, American actor
• 28th » Michael Craig-Martin, Irish painter and illustrator
• 28th » Sybille de Selys Longchamps, Belgian mother of Delphine Boël
• 28th » Toomas Leius, Estonian tennis player and coach
• 28th » John Stanley Marshall, English drummer (Nucleus (band) or Nucleus, Soft Machine, and Centipede (band) known as Centipede)
• 28th » Paul Plishka, American opera singer
• 29th » Robin Leach, English-American journalist and television host
• 31st » William DeWitt, Jr., American businessman
• 31st » Emmanuel Nunes, Portuguese-French composer and educator (d. 2012)

Famous Deaths for August 1941

• 4th » Mihály Babits, Hungarian poet and author (b. 1883)
• 7th » Rabindranath Tagore, Indian author, poet, and playwright, Nobel Prize in Literature called Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1861)
• 12th » Freeman Freeman-Thomas, 1st Marquess of Willingdon, English politician, 56th Governor General of Canada (b. 1866)
• 12th » Bobby Peel, English cricketer and umpire (b. 1857)
• 14th » Maximilian Kolbe, Polish martyr and saint (b. 1894)
• 14th » Paul Sabatier (chemist) e.g Paul Sabatier, French chemist and academic, Nobel Prize in Chemistry or Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1854)
• 31st » Marina Tsvetaeva, Russian poet and author (b. 1892)

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