What Happened In April 1941 In History

Historical Events for April, 1941

• 1st » Fântâna Albă massacre: between 200 and 2,000 Romanians or Romanian civilians are killed by Soviet Border Guards.
• 1st » The Blockade Runner Badge for the Germany called German navy is instituted.
• 6th » World War II: Nazi Germany launches Invasion of Yugoslavia called Operation 25 (the invasion of Kingdom of Yugoslavia) and Operation Marita (the invasion of Greece).
• 13th » A Soviet–Japanese Neutrality Pact e.g Pact of neutrality between the Soviet Union called USSR and Japan is signed.
• 14th » World War II: German general Erwin Rommel attacks Siege of Tobruk called Tobruk.
• 15th » In the Belfast Blitz, two-hundred bombers of the German Luftwaffe attack Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom killing one thousand people.
• 16th » World War II: The Italian convoy 'Duisburg', directed to Tunisia, is attacked and destroyed by United Kingdom e.g British ships.
• 16th » World War II: The Ustaše, a Croatian far-right organization is put in charge of the Independent State of Croatia by the Axis Powers after the Axis Invasion of Yugoslavia named Operation 25 invasion.
• 16th » Bob Feller of the Cleveland Indians throws the only Opening Day no-hitter in the history of Major League Baseball, beating the Chicago White Sox 1–0.
• 17th » World War II: The Kingdom of Yugoslavia surrenders to Nazi Germany known as Germany.
• 21st » Emmanouil Tsouderos becomes the 132nd Prime Minister of Greece.
• 23rd » World War II: The Greek government and George II of Greece known as King George II evacuate Athens before the invading Wehrmacht.
• 27th » World War II: Germany called German troops Axis occupation of Greece e.g enter Athens.
• 27th » World War II: The Communist Party of Slovenia, the Slovene Christian Socialists, the left-wing Slovene Sokols (also known as "National Democrats") and a group of progressive intellectuals establish the Liberation Front of the Slovenian People.

Famous Birthdays on April in 1941

• 1st » Gideon Gadot, Israeli journalist and politician (d. 2012)
• 1st » Guy Trottier, Canadian-American ice hockey player (d. 2014)
• 1st » Ajit Wadekar, Indian cricketer
• 2nd » Dr. Demento, American radio host
• 3rd » Jan and Dean known as Jan Berry, American singer-songwriter (Jan and Dean) (d. 2004)
• 3rd » Carl Boenish, American BASE jumping named BASE jumper and cinematographer (d. 1984)
• 3rd » Eric Braeden, German-American actor
• 3rd » Philippé Wynne, American singer (The Spinners (U.S. band) called The Spinners) (d. 1984)
• 5th » Michael Moriarty, American-Canadian actor and singer
• 6th » Christopher Allsopp, English economist
• 6th » Phil Austin, American comedian, actor, and screenwriter
• 6th » Hans W. Geißendörfer, German director and producer
• 6th » Don Prudhomme, American race car driver
• 6th » Gheorghe Zamfir, Romanian flute player and composer
• 7th » James Di Pasquale, American composer
• 7th » Peter Fluck, English puppet maker and illustrator
• 7th » Cornelia Frances, English-Australian actress
• 7th » Gorden Kaye, English actor
• 7th » Tord Magnuson, Swedish businessman
• 7th » Danny Wells, Canadian-American actor (d. 2013)
• 8th » Darlene Gillespie, Canadian-American actress, singer, and dancer
• 8th » Vivienne Westwood, English fashion designer
• 9th » Kay Adams (singer) known as Kay Adams, American singer
• 9th » Hannah Gordon, Scottish actress
• 9th » Chu Song-woong, South Korean actor (d. 1985)
• 10th » Harold Long (politician) named Harold Long, Canadian politician (d. 2013)
• 10th » Paul Theroux, American scholar and author
• 11th » Ellen Goodman, American journalist
• 11th » Shirley Stelfox, English actress
• 12th » Bobby Moore, English footballer and manager (d. 1993)
• 13th » Michael Stuart Brown, American geneticist, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine named Nobel Prize laureate
• 13th » Jean-Marc Reiser, French author and illustrator (d. 1983)
• 13th » Marjorie Yates, English actress
• 14th » Julie Christie, Indian-English actress
• 14th » Pete Rose, American baseball player and manager
• 15th » Howard Berman, American lawyer and politician
• 16th » Allan Segal, American director and producer (d. 2012)
• 17th » Lagle Parek, Estonian politician, Minister of the Interior (Estonia) or Estonian Minister of the Interior
• 18th » Michael D. Higgins, Irish politician, 9th President of Ireland
• 19th » Priit Aimla, Estonian author, poet, and playwright
• 19th » Roberto Carlos (singer) named Roberto Carlos, Brazilian singer-songwriter and actor
• 19th » Michel Roux, French-English chef
• 19th » Bobby Russell, American singer-songwriter (d. 1992)
• 20th » David L. Boren, American lawyer and politician, 21st Governor of Oklahoma
• 22nd » Greville Howard, Baron Howard of Rising, English politician
• 23rd » Jacqueline Boyer, French singer and actress
• 23rd » Paavo Lipponen, Finnish journalist and politician, 38th Prime Minister of Finland
• 23rd » Michael Lynne, American film producer, co-founded New Line Cinema
• 23rd » Ed Stewart, English radio and television host
• 24th » Richard Holbrooke, American journalist, banker, and diplomat, 22nd United States Ambassador to the United Nations (d. 2010)
• 24th » John Williams (guitarist) or John Williams, Australian-English guitarist
• 25th » Princess Muna al-Hussein of Jordan
• 25th » Bertrand Tavernier, French actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
• 26th » Claudine Auger, French model and actress
• 26th » Claudine Clark, American singer-songwriter
• 26th » Robin Jacob (judge) known as Robin Jacob, English judge and academic
• 26th » John Mitchell (composer) known as John Mitchell, American composer
• 27th » Jennings Michael Burch, American author (d. 2013)
• 27th » Pat Choate, American economist
• 27th » Lee Roy Jordan, American football player
• 28th » Ann-Margret, Swedish-American actress, singer, and dancer
• 28th » Lucien Aimar, French cyclist
• 28th » Indus Arthur, American actress (d. 1984)
• 28th » John Madejski, English businessman
• 28th » Nico Mastorakis, Greek director and producer
• 28th » Flynn Robinson, American basketball player (d. 2013)
• 28th » Karl Barry Sharpless, American chemist, Nobel Prize in Chemistry named Nobel Prize laureate
• 28th » Iryna Zhylenko, Ukrainian poet (d. 2013)
• 29th » Jonah Barrington (squash player) named Jonah Barrington, English-Irish squash player
• 30th » Stavros Dimas, Greek politician, Minister for Foreign Affairs (Greece) named Minister of Foreign Affairs for Greece
• 30th » Santo & Johnny called Johnny Farina, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Santo & Johnny)

Famous Deaths for April 1941

• 3rd » Tachiyama Mineemon, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 22nd Makuuchi Yokozuna e.g Yokozuna (b. 1877)
• 3rd » Pál Teleki, Hungarian politician, 22nd Prime Minister of Hungary (b. 1879)
• 5th » Nigel Gresley, English engineer (b. 1876)
• 13th » Annie Jump Cannon, American astronomer (b. 1863)
• 13th » William Twaits (soccer) e.g William Twaits, Canadian soccer player (b. 1879)
• 14th » Guillermo Kahlo, German-Mexican photographer (b. 1871)
• 16th » Josiah Stamp, 1st Baron Stamp, English economist and civil servant (b. 1880)
• 17th » Al Bowlly, Mozambican-English singer-songwriter and bandleader (b. 1899)
• 19th » Johanna Müller-Hermann, Austrian composer (b. 1878)
• 21st » Fritz Manteuffel, German gymnast (b. 1875)
• 24th » Karin Boye, Swedish author and poet (b. 1900)
• 30th » Edgar Aabye, Danish tug of war competitor (b. 1865)

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