What Happened In January 1941 In History

Historical Events for January, 1941

• 2nd » World War II: Strategic bombing during World War II named German bombing severely damages the Llandaff Cathedral in Cardiff named Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom.
• 6th » United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt delivers his Four Freedoms speech in the State of the Union address.
• 9th » World War II: First flight of the Avro Lancaster.
• 9th » World War II: The Greek 'Triton' (Y-5) sinks the Italian submarine 'Neghelli' in Otranto.
• 10th » World War II: The Greece Greek army Capture of Klisura Pass captures Këlcyrë Kleisoura.
• 17th » Franco-Thai War: Vichy France called French forces Battle of Ko Chang known as inflict a decisive defeat over the Royal Thai Navy.
• 22nd » World War II: British Empire British and Commonwealth of Nations Commonwealth troops capture Tobruk from Regio Esercito Italian forces during Operation Compass Tobruk Operation Compass.
• 23rd » Charles Lindbergh testifies before the Congress of the United States e.g U.S. Congress and recommends that the United States negotiate a neutrality pact with Adolf Hitler.
• 25th » Pope Pius XII elevates the Apostolic Vicariate of the Hawaiian Islands to the dignity of a diocese. It becomes the Roman Catholic Diocese of Honolulu.
• 28th » Franco-Thai War: Final air battle of the conflict. A Japanese-mediated armistice goes into effect later in the day.
• 29th » Alexandros Koryzis becomes List of Prime Ministers of Greece called Prime Minister of Greece upon the sudden death of his predecessor, dictator Ioannis Metaxas.

Famous Birthdays on January in 1941

• 1st » Asrani, Indian actor and producer
• 1st » Martin Evans, British scientist
• 1st » Younoussi Touré, Malian politician, Prime Minister of Mali
• 3rd » Franklin McCain, American activist (d. 2014)
• 3rd » Van Dyke Parks, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actor
• 4th » George P. Cosmatos, Greek director (d. 2005)
• 4th » John Bennett Perry, American actor and singer
• 4th » Kalpnath Rai, Indian politician (d. 1999)
• 4th » Maureen Reagan, American actress and activist (d. 2001)
• 4th » Joe Renzetti, American composer
• 4th » K. Thurairetnasingam, Sri Lankan Tamil politician
• 5th » Hayao Miyazaki, Japanese animator, director, and screenwriter
• 5th » Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi, Indian cricketer (d. 2011)
• 5th » Bruno Schettino, Italian archbishop (d. 2012)
• 7th » Iona Brown, English violinist and conductor (d. 2004)
• 7th » Frederick D. Gregory, American astronaut
• 7th » Manfred Schellscheidt, German-American soccer player and coach
• 7th » John E. Walker, English chemist, Nobel Prize in Chemistry or Nobel Prize laureate
• 8th » Graham Chapman, English comedian and actor (d. 1989)
• 8th » Boris Vallejo, Peruvian-American painter
• 8th » Yoshinori Watanabe, Japanese mobster (d. 2012)
• 9th » Joan Baez, American singer-songwriter and activist
• 9th » Terry Hands, English director and producer
• 9th » Gilles Vaillancourt, Canadian politician
• 10th » Tom Clarke (politician) called Tom Clarke, English politician
• 11th » Abdullah the Butcher, Canadian wrestler
• 11th » Gérson, Brazilian footballer
• 12th » Long John Baldry, English-Canadian singer-songwriter and voice actor (Blues Incorporated, The Steampacket, and Bluesology) (d. 2005)
• 12th » Fiona Caldicott, English psychiatrist
• 12th » Chet Jastremski, American swimmer (d. 2014)
• 13th » Pasqual Maragall i Mira, Catalan politician, 127th List of Presidents of the Generalitat de Catalunya or President of the Generalitat de Catalunya
• 14th » Faye Dunaway, American actress and producer
• 14th » Barry Jenner, American actor
• 14th » Milan Kučan, Slovenian politician, 1st President of Slovenia
• 15th » Captain Beefheart, American singer-songwriter (d. 2010)
• 16th » Christine Truman, English tennis player
• 17th » István Horthy, Jr., Hungarian physicist and architect
• 17th » Gillian Weir, New Zealand organist
• 19th » Tony Anholt, Singaporean-English actor (d. 2002)
• 19th » Colin Gunton, English theologian (d. 2003)
• 19th » Pat Patterson (wrestler) or Pat Patterson, Canadian wrestler
• 20th » Pierre Lalonde, Canadian singer and television host
• 21st » Plácido Domingo, Spanish tenor and conductor
• 21st » Stathis Giallelis, Greek actor
• 21st » Richie Havens, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2013)
• 21st » Mike Medavoy, Chinese-American film producer, co-founded Orion Pictures
• 21st » Ivan Putski, Polish-American wrestler
• 21st » Sattam bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Saudi Arabian prince (d. 2013)
• 21st » Elaine Showalter, American author and critic
• 22nd » Jaan Kaplinski, Estonian poet, philosopher, and critic
• 23rd » Jock R. Anderson, Australian economist
• 23rd » João Ubaldo Ribeiro, Brazilian journalist, author, and academic (d. 2014)
• 24th » Neil Diamond, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 24th » Aaron Neville, American singer (Neville Brothers)
• 24th » Dan Shechtman, Israeli chemist and academic, Nobel Prize in Chemistry e.g Nobel Prize laureate
• 24th » Gary K. Wolf, American author and humorist
• 25th » Buddy Baker, American race car driver
• 25th » Gregory Sierra, American actor
• 26th » Scott Glenn, American actor
• 26th » Henry Jaglom, English-American director and screenwriter
• 27th » Bobby Hutcherson, American vibraphone player and composer
• 27th » Beatrice Tinsley, New Zealand astronomer and cosmologist (d. 1981)
• 28th » Joel Crothers, American actor (d. 1985)
• 28th » Cash McCall (musician) called Cash McCall, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 28th » King Tubby, Jamaican DJ, producer, and engineer (d. 1989)
• 29th » Robin Morgan, American actress, journalist, author, and activist
• 30th » Gregory Benford, American astrophysicist and author
• 30th » Dick Cheney, American politician, 46th Vice President of the United States
• 30th » Tineke Lagerberg, Dutch swimmer
• 31st » Dick Gephardt, American politician
• 31st » Gerald McDermott, American author and illustrator (d. 2012)
• 31st » Jessica Walter, American actress

Famous Deaths for January 1941

• 1st » József Konkolics, Hungarian-Slovene author (d. 1861)
• 2nd » Mischa Levitzki, Russian-American pianist (b. 1898)
• 4th » Henri Bergson, French philosopher, Nobel Prize in Literature named Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1859)
• 5th » Amy Johnson, English aviator (b. 1903)
• 7th » Charles Finger, British author (b. 1869)
• 8th » Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell, English general (b. 1857)
• 9th » Dimitrios Golemis, Greek runner (b. 1874)
• 10th » Frank Bridge, English viola player and composer (b. 1879)
• 10th » John Lavery, Irish painter (b. 1856)
• 10th » Joe Penner, Hungarian-American comedian and actor (b. 1904)
• 10th » Issai Schur, German mathematician (b. 1875)
• 13th » James Joyce, Irish author and poet (b. 1882)
• 20th » John Bissinger, American gymnast (b. 1879)
• 29th » Ioannis Metaxas, Greek general and politician, 130th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1871)

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