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What Happened In October 1941 In History

Historical Events for October, 1941

  • 2nd » World War II: In Operation Typhoon, Germany begins an all-out offensive against Moscow.
  • 8th » World War II: In their invasion of the Soviet Union, Germany reaches the Sea of Azov with the capture of Mariupol.
  • 9th » A coup in Panama declares Ricardo Adolfo de la Guardia Arango the new president.
  • 11th » Beginning of the National Liberation War of Macedonia.
  • 17th » For the first time in World War II, a German submarine attacks an American ship.
  • 17th » German troops War crimes of the Wehrmacht Reprisal actions named execute the male population of the villages Kerdyllia in Serres, Greece.
  • 21st » World War II: In Kragujevac, Serbia, German Wehrmacht soldiers Kragujevac massacre known as butcher about 7,000 citizens, including schoolchildren and professors.
  • 22nd » World War II: French resistance member Guy Môquet and 29 other hostages are executed by the Germans in retaliation for the death of a German officer.
  • 23rd » World War II: Field Marshal Georgy Zhukov takes command of Red Army operations to prevent the further advance into Soviet Union called Russia of Nazi Germany called German forces and to prevent the Wehrmacht from capturing Moscow.
  • 29th » The Holocaust: In the Kaunas Ghetto over 10,000 Jews are shot by Nazi Germany called German occupiers at the Ninth Fort, a massacre known as the "Great Action".
  • 30th » World War II: Franklin Delano Roosevelt approves U.S. $1 billion in Lend-Lease aid to the Allies of World War II or Allied nations.
  • 30th » 1,500 Jews from Pidhaytsi (in western Ukraine) are sent by Nazis to Belzec extermination camp.
  • 31st » After 14 years of work, Mount Rushmore is completed.
  • 31st » World War II: The destroyer USS Reuben James DD-245 6 is torpedoed by a Nazi Germany German U-boat near Iceland, killing more than 100 United States Navy U.S. Navy sailors. It is the first U.S. Navy vessel sunk by enemy action in WWII.

Famous Birthdays on October in 1941

  • 2nd » Diana Hendry, English poet and author
  • 3rd » Chubby Checker, American singer-songwriter
  • 3rd » Andrea de Adamich, Italian race car driver and sportscaster
  • 3rd » Ruggero Raimondi, Italian operatic bass-baritone
  • 4th » Roy Blount, Jr., American journalist and author
  • 4th » Karen Cushman, American author
  • 4th » Karl Oppitzhauser, Austrian race car driver
  • 4th » Anne Rice, American author
  • 4th » Robert Wilson (director) or Robert Wilson, American director and playwright
  • 5th » Roy Book Binder, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
  • 5th » Eduardo Duhalde, Argentinian lawyer and politician, 50th President of Argentina
  • 8th » Jesse Jackson, American minister and activist
  • 9th » Brian Lamb, American broadcaster, founded C-SPAN
  • 9th » Trent Lott, American politician
  • 9th » Jean-Jacques Schuhl, French author
  • 9th » Chucho Valdés, Cuban pianist and composer
  • 9th » Karam ud Din, Pakistani lieutenant (d. 2008)
  • 10th » Peter Coyote, American actor
  • 10th » Ken Saro-Wiwa, Nigerian author and activist (d. 1995)
  • 11th » Lester Bowie, American trumpet player and composer (Art Ensemble of Chicago) (d. 1999)
  • 11th » Charles Shyer, American director, producer, and screenwriter
  • 12th » Frank Alamo, French singer (d. 2012)
  • 12th » Michael Mansfield, English lawyer
  • 13th » Paul Simon, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Simon & Garfunkel)
  • 14th » Jerry Glanville, American football player and coach
  • 14th » Art Shamsky, American baseball player and manager
  • 16th » Tim McCarver, American baseball player, sportscaster, and singer
  • 17th » Earl Thomas Conley, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
  • 18th » Martha Burk, American psychologist
  • 19th » Simon Ward, English actor (d. 2012)
  • 22nd » Charles Keating (actor) known as Charles Keating, English-American actor (d. 2014)
  • 23rd » Mel Winkler, American actor
  • 23rd » Igor Smirnov, Moldovan politician, 1st President of Transnistria
  • 24th » William H. Dobelle, American medical researcher (d. 2004)
  • 25th » Helen Reddy, Australian singer-songwriter and actress
  • 25th » Anne Tyler, American author
  • 26th » Steven Kellogg, American author and illustrator
  • 26th » Charlie Landsborough, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
  • 27th » Dave Costa, American football player (d. 2013)
  • 27th » Dick Trickle, American race car driver (d. 2013)
  • 28th » John Hallam, Irish-English actor (d. 2006)
  • 28th » Curtis Lee, American singer-songwriter
  • 28th » Hank Marvin, English guitarist (The Shadows)
  • 30th » Aleksandr Dulichenko, Russian-Estonian linguist and academic
  • 30th » Theodor W. Hänsch, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize in Physics called Nobel Prize laureate
  • 30th » Otis Williams, American singer-songwriter and producer (The Temptations)
  • 31st » Dan Alderson, American scientist (d. 1989)
  • 31st » Derek Bell (racing driver) or Derek Bell, English race car driver
  • 31st » Werner Krieglstein, Czech-American philosopher and academic

Famous Deaths for October 1941

  • 5th » Louis Brandeis, American lawyer and jurist (b. 1856)
  • 9th » Helen Morgan, American singer and actress (b. 1900)
  • 11th » Heinrich Gutkin, Estonian businessman and politician (b. 1879)
  • 11th » Mihkel Pung, Estonian politician, 11th Minister of Foreign Affairs (Estonia) known as Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1876)
  • 18th » Manuel Teixeira Gomes, Portuguese politician, 7th President of Portugal (b. 1860)
  • 22nd » Guy Môquet, French militant (b. 1924)
  • 25th » Franz von Werra, Swiss-German pilot (b. 1914)
  • 26th » Arkady Gaidar, Russian author (b. 1904)
  • 29th » Harvey Hendrick, American baseball player (b. 1897)

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