What Happened In November 1941 In History

Historical Events for November, 1941

• 1st » American photographer Ansel Adams takes a Moonrise, Hernandez, New Mexico named picture of a moonrise over the town of Hernandez, New Mexico e.g Hernandez, New Mexico that would become one of the most famous images in the history of photography.
• 6th » World War II: Soviet leader Joseph Stalin addresses the Soviet Union for only the second time during his 27-year rule. He falsely states that even though 350,000 troops were killed in Nazi Germany or German attacks so far, the Germans had lost 4.5 million
• 7th » World War II: Soviet hospital ship 'Armenia (ship) e.g Armenia' is sunk by German planes while evacuating refugees and wounded military and staff of several Crimean hospitals. It is estimated that over 5,000 people died in the sinking.
• 12th » World War II: Temperatures around Moscow drop to -12 °C as the Soviet Union launches ski troops for the first time against the freezing German forces near the city.
• 12th » World War II: The Soviet cruiser 'Chervona Ukraina' is destroyed during the Battle of Sevastopol.
• 13th » World War II: The aircraft carrier HMS Ark Royal 91 6 is torpedoed by GS U-81 1941 2, sinking the November 14 following day.
• 14th » World War II: The aircraft carrier HMS Ark Royal 91 6 sinks due to torpedo damage from the GS U-81 1941 6 sustained on November 13.
• 14th » World War II: In Slonim, German forces engaged in Operation Barbarossa murder 9,000 Jews in a single day.
• 19th » World War II: Battle between HMAS Sydney and HSK Kormoran e.g Battle between HMAS 'Sydney' and HSK 'Kormoran'. The two ships sink each other off the coast of Western Australia, with the loss of 645 Australians and about 77 Nazi Germany called German seame
• 24th » World War II: The United States grants Lend-Lease to the Free French Forces.
• 25th » HMS Barham (04) was sunk by a German torpedo during World War II.

Famous Birthdays on November in 1941

• 1st » Alfio Basile, Argentinian footballer and manager
• 1st » Robert Foxworth, American actor and director
• 2nd » Arun Shourie, Indian journalist, economist, and politician
• 2nd » Bruce Welch, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (The Shadows)
• 4th » Lyndall Gordon, South African-English author and academic
• 5th » Art Garfunkel, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (Simon & Garfunkel)
• 5th » Yoshiyuki Tomino, Japanese animator, director, and screenwriter
• 6th » Guy Clark, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
• 7th » Madeline Gins, American poet and architect (d. 2014)
• 7th » Angelo Scola, Italian cardinal
• 8th » Nerys Hughes, Welsh actress
• 9th » David Constant, English cricketer and umpire
• 9th » Tom Fogerty, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Creedence Clearwater Revival and Ruby (rock band) called Ruby) (d. 1990)
• 10th » John Geoghegan, American lieutenant (d. 1965)
• 12th » Carol Gluck, American historian, author, and academic
• 13th » Eberhard Diepgen, German politician, List of mayors of Berlin or Mayor of Berlin
• 13th » David Green (entrepreneur) called David Green, American businessman, founded Hobby Lobby
• 13th » Dack Rambo, American actor (d. 1994)
• 13th » Mel Stottlemyre, American baseball player and coach
• 15th » Rick Kemp, English singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer (Steeleye Span)
• 15th » Daniel Pinkwater, American author and illustrator
• 16th » Gerry Marshall, English race car driver (d. 2005)
• 16th » Dan Penn, American singer-songwriter and producer
• 18th » Gary Bettenhausen, American race car driver (d. 2014)
• 18th » David Hemmings, English actor, singer, director, and producer (d. 2003)
• 18th » Angela Watkinson, English educator and politician
• 19th » Dan Haggerty, American actor and producer
• 19th » Tommy Thompson, American captain and politician, 19th United States Secretary of Health and Human Services
• 20th » Haseena Moin, Pakistani screenwriter and playwright
• 20th » Oliver Sipple, American soldier and activist (d. 1989)
• 21st » İdil Biret, Turkish pianist
• 21st » Juliet Mills, English actress
• 22nd » Tom Conti, Scottish actor and director
• 22nd » Jacques Laperrière, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 22nd » Volker Roemheld, German physiologist and biologist (d. 2013)
• 22nd » Terry Stafford, American singer-songwriter (d. 1996)
• 22nd » Jesse Colin Young, American singer-songwriter and bass player (The Youngbloods)
• 23rd » Alan Mullery, English footballer and manager
• 23rd » Franco Nero, Italian actor and producer
• 24th » Pete Best, English drummer and songwriter (The Beatles and Lee Curtis and the All-Stars)
• 25th » Christos Papanikolaou, Greek pole vaulter
• 25th » Gerald Seymour, English journalist and author
• 25th » Riaz Ahmed Gohar Shahi, Pakistani spiritual leader and author
• 25th » Percy Sledge, American singer
• 26th » Susanne Marsee, American soprano and actress
• 27th » Aimé Jacquet, French footballer, coach, and manager
• 27th » Eddie Rabbitt, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1998)
• 27th » Louis van Dijk, Dutch pianist
• 28th » Laura Antonelli, Croatian-Italian actress
• 29th » Bill Freehan, American baseball player, coach, and sportscaster
• 29th » Roberto Rodríguez (baseball) called Roberto Rodríguez, Venezuelan baseball player and coach (d. 2012)
• 30th » Phil Willis, Baron Willis of Knaresborough, English politician

Famous Deaths for November 1941

• 2nd » Bengt Djurberg, Swedish actor and singer (b. 1898)
• 6th » Maurice Leblanc, French author (b. 1864)
• 7th » Frank Pick, English businessman (b. 1878)
• 12th » Abe Reles, American mobster (b. 1907)
• 16th » Eduard Ellman-Eelma, Estonian footballer (b. 1902)
• 16th » Miina Härma, Estonian organist, composer, and conductor (b. 1864)
• 18th » Émile Nelligan, Canadian poet (b. 1879)
• 18th » Walther Nernst, German chemist and physicist, Nobel Prize in Chemistry e.g Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1864)
• 18th » Chris Watson, Chilean-Australian journalist and politician, 3rd Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1867)
• 20th » Elmar Muuk, Estonian linguist and author (b. 1901)
• 21st » Henrietta Vinton Davis, American actress and playwright (b. 1860)
• 22nd » Werner Mölders, German colonel and pilot (b. 1915)
• 26th » Niels Hansen Jacobsen, Danish sculptor (b. 1861)
• 26th » Ernest Lapointe, Canadian lawyer and politician, 18th Minister of Justice (Canada) known as Canadian Minister of Justice (b. 1876)
• 29th » Frank Waller, American sprinter and hurdler (b. 1884)

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