What happened in 1941?

Attack on Pearl Harbor

Major Events · Pearl Harbor, Hawaii

A surprise Japanese attack on the US Pacific Fleet brings the United States into World War II.

Eastern Front

Wars & Conflicts · Europe

1941–1945 World War II theater

Siege of Leningrad

Wars & Conflicts

8 September 1941 – 27 January 1944 blockade of Leningrad by the Axis

Battle of Moscow

Wars & Conflicts

1941 World War II campaign in Russia

Continuation War

Wars & Conflicts

1941–1944 Finnish war against USSR

Battle of Crete

Wars & Conflicts

1941 battle during WWII on the Greek island of Crete

Battle of Kiev

Wars & Conflicts

1941 battle resulting in a large encirclement of Soviet troops in the vicinity of Kiev during World War II

Siege of Sevastopol

Wars & Conflicts

World War II Eastern Front battle (1941–1942)

Anglo-Iraqi War

Wars & Conflicts

British-led Allied military campaign against Iraq under Rashid Ali during World War II

Battle of Smolensk

Wars & Conflicts

1941 battle during the second phase of Operation Barbarossa

Battle of Białystok–Minsk

Wars & Conflicts · Poland

1941 battle

Siege of Odesa 1941

Wars & Conflicts

1941 siege

First Battle of Kharkov

Wars & Conflicts · Kharkiv

1941 Eastern front battle of World War II

Battle of Rostov

Wars & Conflicts

1941 battle

Siege of Tobruk

Wars & Conflicts

1941 military Confrontation in North Africa During the Second World War

Defense of Brest Fortress

Wars & Conflicts

1941 siege in World War II

Battle of Hong Kong

Wars & Conflicts

1941 battle, one of the first of the Pacific campaign of World War II

Battle of Uman

Wars & Conflicts

Encirclement of the 6th and 12th Soviet armies during 1941 German offensive on the Eastern Front

Battle of Guam

Wars & Conflicts · Guam

1941 World War II battle

Battle of Wake Island

Wars & Conflicts · Peale Island

1941 battle of World War II

Battle of Brody

Wars & Conflicts · Brody

Tank battle between 23 and 30 June 1941

Operation Sonnenblume

Wars & Conflicts · Cyrenaica

1941 battle

Battle of Raseiniai

Wars & Conflicts · Raseiniai

1941 battle on the Eastern Front of World War II

Bombing of Belgrade in 1941

Wars & Conflicts · Belgrade

German bombing of Belgrade, Yugoslavia during World War 2

Battle of Changsha

Wars & Conflicts · Changsha

Japan's second attempt at taking the city of Changsha, China

Baltic Operation

Wars & Conflicts · Baltic states

Operation in Lithuania and Latvia, encompassed the operations of the Red Army from 22 June to 9 July 1941

Battle of Keren

Wars & Conflicts · Keren

1941 battle in Africa

Battle of Gondar

Wars & Conflicts · Gondar

1941 battle in WWII

Battle of Bardia

Wars & Conflicts · Bardia

1941 battle of World War II

Battle of Thermopylae

Wars & Conflicts · Thermopylae

1941 World War II battle during the German invasion of Greece

First Battle of Sirte

Wars & Conflicts · Gulf of Sidra

1941 battle

Battle of Bryansk

Wars & Conflicts · Bryansk

2–21 October 1941

Battle of the Duisburg Convoy

Wars & Conflicts · Mediterranean Sea

1941 battle

Battle of Shanggao

Wars & Conflicts · Shanggao County

1941 battle of the Second Sino-Japanese War

Oranienbaum Bridgehead

Wars & Conflicts · Lomonosov

1941 siege

Tikhvin offensive

Wars & Conflicts · Tikhvin

1941 military operation undertaken by Nazi Germany during WWII

Battle of the Kerch Peninsula

Wars & Conflicts

Comprising of the Kerch-Feodosia Landing Operation and the Operation Bustard Hunt

Battle of Hanko

Wars & Conflicts · Hanko Peninsula

1941 battle

Battle of Palmyra

Wars & Conflicts · Palmyra

Battle in Syria during the Syria-Lebanon campaign in World War II

Battle of Kufra

Wars & Conflicts · Kufra

1941 World War II battle between an Anglo-French force and the Italians

Battle of South Henan

Wars & Conflicts

1941 battle

Battle of South Shanxi

Wars & Conflicts

1941 battle of the Second Sino-Japanese War

Second Battle of Amba Alagi

Wars & Conflicts · Amba Alagi

1941 battle

Battle of Beda Fomm

Wars & Conflicts · Cyrenaica

Battle as part of Operation Compass during World War II

Summer War

Wars & Conflicts · Estonia

1941 battle of World War II during the Operation Barbarossa

Battle of Kampar

Wars & Conflicts · Kampar

1941 battle of the Malayan Campaign in World War II

Battle of the Sea of Azov

Wars & Conflicts · Sea of Azov

1941 battle

Battle of Agordat

Wars & Conflicts · Agordat

1941 battle of World War II

Siege of Mahilow

Wars & Conflicts · Mahilyow

1941 battle of World War II

Battle of Damascus

Wars & Conflicts · Damascus

1941 battle in Syria during the Second World War

Battle of the Litani River

Wars & Conflicts · Lebanese Republic under French mandate

1941 battle

Battle of Jitra

Wars & Conflicts · Jitra

1941 battle of the Malayan Campaign in World War II

British capture of Tobruk

Wars & Conflicts · Tobruk

1941 battle

Point 175

Wars & Conflicts

WWII battle of the Western Desert Campaign

Battle of Bengtskär

Wars & Conflicts · Bengtskär

1941 battle

Battle of Prachuap Khiri Khan

Wars & Conflicts · Prachuap Khiri Khan

1941 battle in Thailand during World War II

Battle of Loznica

Wars & Conflicts · Loznica

1941 battle

Clydebank Blitz

Wars & Conflicts · Clydebank

1941 WWII aerial bombardment of city in Scotland

Battle of Porlampi

Wars & Conflicts · Vyborgsky District

1941 battle of the Continuation War

Battle of Vevi

Wars & Conflicts · Vevi

Part of World War II

Battle of Pljevlja

Wars & Conflicts · Pljevlja

Battle of the Yugoslav Resistance

Battle of Beirut

Wars & Conflicts · Beirut

1941 battle over control of the city during World War II

Battle of Heraklion

Wars & Conflicts · Chania

1941 World War II battle in Crete

Battle of Jezzine

Wars & Conflicts · Jezzine

1941 battle of World War II

Battle of Kissoué

Wars & Conflicts · Al-Kiswah

1941 battle of World War II

Battle of Hill 731

Wars & Conflicts

1941 World War II battle in southern Albania

Action at Mechili, 24 January 1941

Wars & Conflicts · Mechili

1941 battle

First Battle of Bir el Gubi

Wars & Conflicts

1941 military action of Operation Crusader in World War II

Second Battle of Bir el Gubi

Wars & Conflicts

1941 Libyan battle of World War II

Battle for Novi Pazar

Wars & Conflicts · Novi Pazar

Battle

Battle of Deir ez-Zor

Wars & Conflicts · Deir ez-Zor

Battle of World War II

Battle of Gurun

Wars & Conflicts · Gurun

1941 minor engagement of the Malayan Campaign in World War II

Battle of Kautla

Wars & Conflicts

1941 military conflict in Estonia during WW II

Battle of Ptolemaida

Wars & Conflicts · Ptolemaida

1941 battle

Battle of Sidon

Wars & Conflicts · Sidon

1941 battle of the Australian 7th Division's advance on Beirut during WWII

Battle of Rethymno

Wars & Conflicts · Rethymno

World War II battle on Crete in 1941

Battle of Merdjayoun

Wars & Conflicts · Marjayoun

1941 battle of World War II

Capture of Olovo

Wars & Conflicts · Olovo

Battle during World War II

Siege of Kraljevo

Wars & Conflicts · Kraljevo

1941 siege

German-Soviet air war 22 June 1941

Wars & Conflicts · Soviet Union

One-day air battle during WWII

Battle of Sjenica

Wars & Conflicts · Sjenica

Battle

Battle of Culqualber

Wars & Conflicts

Battle fought near Culqualber Pass, Ethiopia, from 6 August to 21 November 1941

Chetnik attack on the Užice Republic

Wars & Conflicts · Gornji Milanovac

Part of World War II in Yugoslavia

Battle of Banja Koviljača

Wars & Conflicts · Banja Koviljača

1941 battle in German-occupied Serbia

Battle of Petrikowka

Wars & Conflicts · Petrykivka

1941 battle of World War II

Battle of Damour

Wars & Conflicts · Damour

1941 battle of World War II

Siege of Saïo

Wars & Conflicts · Dembi Dollo

1941 siege during the East African Campaign of World War II

Battle of Kleisoura Pass

Wars & Conflicts · Kleisoura

World War II battle 13 April 1941 near Lechovo, Greece

Battle of Tempe Gorge

Wars & Conflicts · Vale of Tempe

Battle of World War II in Thessaly, Greece

Battle of Lypovec

Wars & Conflicts · Lypovets

1941 battle

Battle of Lake Kastoria

Wars & Conflicts · Kastoria

Capture of Gorlovka

Wars & Conflicts

Battle at Borodino Field

Wars & Conflicts · Borodino

1941 battle

Battle of 42nd Street

Wars & Conflicts

World War II battle on the island of Crete, Greece

Battle of Lwów

Wars & Conflicts

1941 battle

Battle of Trebeshina

Wars & Conflicts · Mount Trebeshinë

1941 battle

Battle of Olympus

Wars & Conflicts · Mount Olympus

1941 battle

Battle of Pantoja and Rocafuerte

Wars & Conflicts · Torres Causana District

Battle in the 1941 Ecuadorian–Peruvian War

Battle of Athens

Wars & Conflicts · Athens

1941 air battle in Greece during WWII

Battle of Tuulos

Wars & Conflicts · Tuulos

1941 battle

Siege of Rogatica

Wars & Conflicts · Rogatica

1941 siege

Battle of Cape Matapan

Wars & Conflicts · Cape Matapan

1941 naval engagement of World War II

Battle of the Denmark Strait

Wars & Conflicts · Denmark Strait

1941 naval battle between ships of the Royal Navy and the German Kriegsmarine

Sinking of Prince of Wales and Repulse

Wars & Conflicts · South China Sea

Naval engagement in World War II, part of the war in the Pacific

Kragujevac massacre

Wars & Conflicts · Kragujevac

1941 massacre by Nazi forces in Serbia

Kaunas pogrom

Wars & Conflicts

1941 massacre of Jews in Kaunas, Lithuania

NKVD prisoner massacres

Wars & Conflicts · Soviet Union

Mass murders of political prisoners by Soviet secret police in June 1941 during World War II

Last battle of the battleship Bismarck

Wars & Conflicts · Atlantic Ocean

Sinking of the battleship Bismarck

Raid on Alexandria

Wars & Conflicts · Alexandria

Italian frogman raid on British warships in Alexandria in 1941

Battle of Cape Bon

Wars & Conflicts · Mediterranean Sea

1941 naval battle

Battle of Ko Chang

Wars & Conflicts · Gulf of Thailand

1941 battle

Battle of the Tarigo Convoy

Wars & Conflicts · Mediterranean Sea

Naval battle of World War II, part of the Battle of the Mediterranean

Battle between HMAS Sydney and German auxiliary cruiser Kormoran

Wars & Conflicts · Indian Ocean

1941 naval battle during World War II

Battle of Jambelí

Wars & Conflicts · Canal de Jambelí

Battle in the 1941 Ecuadorian–Peruvian war

Yugoslav Partisan-Chetnik conflict

Wars & Conflicts · Yugoslavia

Armed conflict

Action of 4 April 1941

Wars & Conflicts · Atlantic Ocean

Naval battle of WWII

Kerch-Feodosia Landing Operation

Wars & Conflicts · Crimea

1941 military operation

Battle of Lepel

Wars & Conflicts · Vitsyebsk Region

1941 Soviet counteroffensive in World War II

Defense of Borisov

Wars & Conflicts · Barysaw

Soviet defense operation of 1941

NKVD prisoner massacre in Lutsk

Wars & Conflicts · Lutsk

Soviet war crime conducted by the NKVD and NKGB in the city of Lutsk during the Second World War

Solovyovo crossing

Wars & Conflicts · Kardymovsky District

Ford on the Dnieper River, site of heavy fighting in July-August 1941

Fort Gordon

Wars & Conflicts

United States Army installation in Georgia

Poloa Defensive Fortifications

Wars & Conflicts

historic fortifications in American Samoa

Operation Barbarossa

Wars & Conflicts · Lithuania

Invasion of the Soviet Union by the Nazi German-led Axis powers in Europe

Pacific War

Wars & Conflicts · Pacific Ocean

Theater of World War II fought in the Pacific and Asia

Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran

Wars & Conflicts · Pahlavi dynasty

1941 invasion during World War II

Battle of Greece

Wars & Conflicts · Kingdom of Greece

WWII German invasion of Greece and Allied resistance, April 1941

Invasion of Yugoslavia

Wars & Conflicts · Kingdom of Yugoslavia

1941 German-led attack on the Kingdom of Yugoslavia by the Axis powers during the Second World War

World War II in Yugoslavia

Wars & Conflicts · Yugoslavia

Part of the European theater of World War II

Operation Crusader

Wars & Conflicts · Egypt

1941 military operation during the Second World War in North Africa

Philippines Campaign

Wars & Conflicts · Philippines

Japanese invasion of the Philippines, fought 8 December 1941 – 8 May 1942

Syria–Lebanon campaign

Wars & Conflicts · Lebanon

1941 Allied invasion of Vichy French-controlled Syria and Lebanon

Arctic convoys of World War II

Wars & Conflicts · Arctic Ocean

Allied oceangoing convoys

Operation Battleaxe

Wars & Conflicts · Cyrenaica

British Army operation during the Second World War in June 1941

Operation Silver Fox

Wars & Conflicts · Sápmi

German–Finnish military operation during World War II, to cut off and capture the key Soviet port at Murmansk through attacks from Finnish and Norwegian territory

Dutch East Indies campaign

Wars & Conflicts · Dutch East Indies

Conflict

South-East Asian theater of World War II

Wars & Conflicts · Southeast Asia

Campaigns of the Pacific War in Burma, Ceylon, India, Thailand, Indochina, the Philippines, Malaya and Singapore

Crimean Campaign

Wars & Conflicts · Crimea

1941 WWII campaign

Operation Rheinübung

Wars & Conflicts · Atlantic Ocean

1941 battle

Operation München

Wars & Conflicts · Bessarabia

Joint German-Romanian offensive during the German invasion of the Soviet Union in World War II, with the primary objective of recapturing Bessarabia, Northern Bukovina and the Hertsa region

Allied occupation of Iceland

Wars & Conflicts · Iceland

1941 World War II Allied occupation

Operation Brevity

Wars & Conflicts · Libya

World War II military offensive

Battle of Borneo

Wars & Conflicts · Borneo

1941 battle

Japanese occupation of Hong Kong

Wars & Conflicts

3.7 year occupation of Hong Kong during World War II by the Japanese Empire

Yelnya Offensive

Wars & Conflicts

1941 military offensive

Japanese occupation of Cambodia

Wars & Conflicts · French Indochina

Military occupation by the Empire of Japan

American Theater

Wars & Conflicts · North America

World War II area of operations including North and South America

Operation Claymore

Wars & Conflicts · Lofoten

Raid by British and Norwegian forces in the Lofoten Islands in 1941

Operation Archery

Wars & Conflicts · Vågsøy Municipality

1941 British Combined Operations raid during World War II

Operation Beowulf

Wars & Conflicts · Saaremaa

Two German plans to occupy the islands of Saaremaa, Hiiumaa and Muhu

Bombing of Gorky in World War II

Wars & Conflicts · Nizhny Novgorod

Air attacks by German aviation on Gorky during World War II

Bombing of Königsberg in World War II

Wars & Conflicts · Königsberg

1941 battle

Operation Halberd

Wars & Conflicts · Mediterranean Sea

1941 world War II maintenance convoy operation

Operation Gauntlet

Wars & Conflicts · Svalbard

1941 conflict

New Fourth Army incident

Wars & Conflicts · Jing County

1941 conflict in the Chinese Civil War

Kassa attack

Wars & Conflicts · Košice

1941 aerial bombing of the city of Kassa

Operation Grog

Wars & Conflicts · Genoa

British Second World War operation

Battle of the Caribbean

Wars & Conflicts · Caribbean Sea

1941-1945 naval campaign between Allied and Axis forces in World War II

Raid on Souda Bay

Wars & Conflicts · Souda Bay

Boat Assault on Royal Navy ships in Crete

Raid on Kirkenes and Petsamo

Wars & Conflicts · Kirkenes

Military operation in 1941

Operation Arctic Fox

Wars & Conflicts · Salla

1941 campaign by German and Finnish forces against Soviet Northern Front defenses at Salla, Finland

Operation Flipper

Wars & Conflicts

British World War II commando raid with the goal of assassinating Erwin Rommel

Operation Skorpion

Wars & Conflicts

1941 military operation

Operation Excess

Wars & Conflicts · Mediterranean Sea

1941 military operation

German Offensive Against Serbian Uprising

Wars & Conflicts

Wehrmacht operation against the Uprising in Serbia in 1941.

Belfast Blitz

Wars & Conflicts · County Antrim

1941 German air raids on Belfast in World War II

Finnish invasion of East Karelia

Wars & Conflicts · Karelia

Operation Abstention

Wars & Conflicts · Mediterranean Sea

Conflict

Operation Platinum Fox

Wars & Conflicts · Pechengsky District

Soviet victory

Operation Anklet

Wars & Conflicts · Lofoten

1941 raid

Finnish reconquest of the Karelian Isthmus

Wars & Conflicts · Karelian Isthmus

Finnish offensive during the Continuation War

Middle East Theater of World War II

Wars & Conflicts · sub-Saharan Africa

Military events and actions that took place in the middle east during the Second World War

Operation Colossus

Wars & Conflicts · Calitri

WW2 British military airborne operation

Operation Substance

Wars & Conflicts · Mediterranean Sea

1941 naval operation of WWII

Raid on Constanța

Wars & Conflicts · Constanța

Attack by the Soviet Black Sea Fleet on the Romanian port of Constanța in 1941

Bombing of Singapore

Wars & Conflicts · Singapore

1941 first Japanese air raid on the city

Bombing of Minsk in World War II

Wars & Conflicts · Minsk

Aerial bombing operation occurred in 1941

Battle of Grand Harbour

Wars & Conflicts · Malta

1941 military operation

Uprising in Serbia

Wars & Conflicts · Yugoslavia

Uprising in German-occupied Serbia in 1941.

Operation Tracer

Wars & Conflicts · Gibraltar

Planned WWII stay-behind observation system in Gibraltar

Leningrad Strategic Defensive

Wars & Conflicts · Pskov Oblast

1941 military operation

Italian Spring Offensive

Wars & Conflicts · Italian protectorate of Albania

Part of the Greco-Italian War in 1941

Mediterranean U-boat Campaign

Wars & Conflicts · Mediterranean Sea

Lasted approximately from 21 September 1941 to 19 September 1944 during World War II

Convoy HX 106

Wars & Conflicts · Atlantic Ocean

Convoy during naval battles of the Second World War

Roslavl–Novozybkov Offensive

Wars & Conflicts · Bryansk Oblast

Red Army offensive during World War 2

Operation Mihailovic

Wars & Conflicts · Territory of the Military Commander in Serbia

Conflict

Capture of Klisura Pass

Wars & Conflicts · Këlcyrë Gorge

January 1941 battle in Albania

attack on Kruševac

Wars & Conflicts · Kruševac

1941 attack

Twin Pimples raid

Wars & Conflicts · Tobruk

Bardia raid

Wars & Conflicts · Bardia

Amphibious landing in North Africa during the Second World War

Axis and Soviet air operations during Operation Barbarossa

Wars & Conflicts · Soviet Union

List of Soviet and Soviet air operations during Operation Barbarossa

Soltsy-Dno Offensive

Wars & Conflicts · Soltsy

1941 Successful Soviet counteroffensive against the northern spearhead of operation Barbarossa

Strelna-Peterhof Offensive Operation

Wars & Conflicts · Saint Petersburg

1941 military operation

Capture of Saint Pierre and Miquelon

Wars & Conflicts · Saint Pierre and Miquelon

Takeover of overseas territories of France

Convoy HX 156

Wars & Conflicts · Atlantic Ocean

Operation Chopper

Wars & Conflicts · Luc-sur-Mer

British Commando raid in the Second World War

Western Allied Campaign in Romania

Wars & Conflicts · Romania

1941–44 events of WWII

German–Ukrainian conflict

Wars & Conflicts · Podolia

1941–1944 conflict

Ukrainian nationalists–Soviet partisans conflict

Wars & Conflicts · Podolia

1941–1944 conflict

Japanese invasion of Legazpi

Wars & Conflicts · Legazpi

Japanese campaign during World War II

Greenock Blitz

Wars & Conflicts · Greenock

German bombing raids on Greenock, Scotland during WW2

Soviet air strikes on Berlin

Wars & Conflicts · Berlin

Military operation in the Second World War

Bombing of Moscow in 1941

Wars & Conflicts · Moscow

German air raid campaign in July-December 1941

Bombing of Sarajevo in World War II

Wars & Conflicts · Sarajevo

Bombing campaigns of World War Two

Swansea Blitz

Wars & Conflicts · Swansea

Heavy and sustained bombing of Swansea by the German Luftwaffe

Japanese occupation of Thailand

Wars & Conflicts · Thailand

1941 military occupation

German occupation of Kharkiv

Wars & Conflicts · Kharkiv

1941 occupation of Kharkiv by Nazi Germany during World War II

Convoy HX 126

Wars & Conflicts · North Sea

Convoy during naval battles of the Second World War

Convoy OG 71

Wars & Conflicts · Atlantic Ocean

Convoy during naval battles of the Second World War

Convoy SC 42

Wars & Conflicts · Atlantic Ocean

Convoy during naval battles of the Second World War

Japanese invasion of Lingayen Gulf

Wars & Conflicts · Lingayen Gulf

Overview of the Japanese invasion of Lingayen Gulf

Soviet–Japanese Neutrality Pact

Politics & Government

1941 bilateral treaty

Yugoslav coup d'état

Politics & Government

Yugoslav coup d'état, 27 March 1941, replaced the regency led by Prince Paul and installed King Peter II

1941 Iraqi coup d'état

Politics & Government

Coup d'état

Sikorski–Mayski agreement

Politics & Government

1941 treaty between the Soviet Union and Poland

Treaties of Rome (1941)

Politics & Government

1941 treaty between Italy and Croatia

German–Soviet Border and Commercial Agreement

Politics & Government · Moscow

Broad agreement

Treaty of Alliance Between Japan and Thailand

Politics & Government · Bangkok

Edward Rydz-Śmigły died

People · Warsaw

Polish general (1886-1941)

Charles Émile Picard died

People · Paris

French mathematician (1856-1941)

Marcel Prévost died

People · Vianne

French writer (1862-1941)

Emanuel Lasker died

People · New York City

Former World Chess champion (1868–1941)

Walther Hermann Nernst died

People · Bad Muskau

German physical chemist and physicist (1864–1941)

Paul Sabatier died

People · Toulouse

French chemist (1854–1941)

Źmitrok Biadula died

People · Oral

Jewish Belarusian poet, writer, political activist (1886–1941)

Elsie Clews Parsons died

People · New York City

American anthropologist (1875-1941)

Herabai Tata died

People · Mumbai

Indian suffragist and women's rights activist

Rabindranath Tagore died

People · Kolkata

Bengali poet, philosopher and polymath (1861–1941)

Annie Jump Cannon died

People · Cambridge

American astronomer (1863-1941)

Henri Lebesgue died

People · Paris

French mathematician (1875–1941)

Abraham Lewinsky died

People · Mainz

German rabbi (1866–1941)

Charles Rappoport died

People · Cahors

French writer (1865-1941)

Guy Môquet died

People · Châteaubriant

French resistance member (1924–1941)

Maria Baiulescu died

People · Brașov

Romanian author, suffragist, women’s rights activist, Romanian nationalist, and feminist leader

Prajadhipok died

People · Surrey

King of Siam

Ernst Udet died

People · Berlin

German flying ace (1896–1941)

Jelly Roll Morton died

People · Los Angeles

American ragtime and jazz pianist, bandleader and composer (1890–1941)

Bijoy Chand Mahtab died

People · Bardhaman

Maharaja of Bardhaman and writer

Aegidius Fauteux died

People · Montreal

Canadian journalist, essayist and historian (1876–1941)

Tullio Levi-Civita died

People · Rome

Italian mathematician and physicist (1873–1941)

Edwin Stanton Porter died

People · New York City

American film pioneer (1870–1941)

Louis Chevrolet died

People · Detroit

Swiss motor company founder and racecar driver (1878-1941)

Gottfried Feder died

People · Murnau am Staffelsee

German economist and politician (1883-1941)

Issai Schur died

People · Jaffa

German mathematician (1875–1941)

Hans Adolf Eduard Driesch died

People · Leipzig

German philosopher and biologist (1867 - 1941)

Kurt Hensel died

People · Marburg

German mathematician (1861–1941)

Hans Berger died

People · Jena

German neurologist (1873–1941)

Hans Schinz died

People · Zurich

Swiss botanist (1858-1941)

Alain Gerbault died

People · Dili

French yachtsman, author and tennis player (1893–1941)

Eduardo Toda y Güell died

People · Poblet

Catalan archaeologist, diplomat, bibliographer and egyptologist (1855-1941)

William Faris Blakely died

People · Hornsby

Australian botanist (1875-1941)

Georg Escherich died

People · Munich

German forestry scientist and politician (1870-1941)

Augustin Krämer died

People · Stuttgart

German anthropologist (1865-1941)

Joseph Stenhouse died

People · Gulf of Aden

British explorer (1887-1941)

Ernest Edward Galpin died

People · Makhanda

South African botanist and banker (1858-1941)

John Vincent died

People · Grimsby

English seaman and member of Ernest Shackleton's Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition

Liu Manqing died

People · Tibet Autonomous Region

Chinese diplomat

Hendrik Pieter Nicolaas Muller died

People · The Hague

Businessman, diplomat, world traveller, publicist (1859–1941)

Stanisław Starowieyski died

People · Dachau concentration camp

Polish officer, social activist, blessed (1895–1941)

Sara Cato Meyer died

People · Berlin

Dutch resistance fighter and activist (1890-1941)

Julia Romera Yáñez died

People · Presó de Dones de Barcelona

Catalan activist

Léo Wanner died

People · 5th arrondissement of Paris

French communist and anti imperialist activist

Edith Mansell-Moullin died

People · London

Suffragette and pacifist

Nabeshima Nagako died

People · Tokyo

(1855-1941)

Gabriela Abad Miró died

People · Mexico City

Spanish teacher and politician

Geraldine Cadbury died

People · Birmingham

British writer and reformer

Mario García Menocal died

People · Santiago de Cuba

Cuban statesman; president of Cuba (1866-1941)

Kazimierz Bartel died

People · Lviv

Polish mathematician and politician (1882-1941)

Fritz Noether died

People · Oryol

German-born mathematician

Friedrich Engel died

People · Giessen

German mathematician (1861–1941)

DeLisle Stewart died

People · Hamilton County

American astronomer (1870–1941)

Jacques Curie died

People · Montpellier

French physicist

Alfred Pringsheim died

People · Zurich

German Jewish mathematician, art collector, patron of the arts and refugee from Nazis (1850-1941)

John Stanley Plaskett died

People · Victoria

Canadian astronomer (1865–1941)

George Beauchamp died

People · Los Angeles

American inventor (1899-1941)

Štefan Banič died

People · Smolenice

Slovak inventor (1870-1941)

František Křižík died

People · Stádlec

Czech engineer, entrepreneur and inventor (1847-1941)

Menachem Ussishkin died

People · Jerusalem

Jewish politician (1863–1941)

Leo Graetz died

People · Munich

German physicist (1856–1941)

Dayton Miller died

People · Cleveland

American physicist (1866–1941)

Herbert Austin, 1st Baron Austin died

People · Birmingham

British politician (1866-1941)

Diederik Korteweg died

People · Amsterdam

Dutch mathematician (*1848 – †1941)

Nikolai Semenovich Kurnakov died

People · Barvikha

Russian chemist (1860-1941)

Kirstine Meyer died

People · Hellerup

Danish physicist (1861–1941)

Minakata Kumagusu died

People · Tanabe

Japanese mycologist, biologist and writer (1867-1941)

Philipp Johann Heinrich Fauth died

People · Grünwald

German selenographer (1867–1941)

Hans Heinrich Euler died

People · Sea of Azov

German physicist (1909–1941)

Adolf Lindenbaum died

People · Białystok

Polish-Jewish mathematician, logician

Frank Conrad died

People · Miami

American electrical engineer (1874–1941)

Lazăr Edeleanu died

People · Bucharest

Romanian chemist (1861–1941)

Leonard Ornstein died

People · Utrecht

Dutch physicist (1880-1941)

Georgii Karpechenko died

People · Kommunarka shooting ground

Russian botanists (1899-1941)

Gulli Petrini died

People · Kungsholm parish

Swedish physicist and suffragist (1867-1941)

Nigel Gresley died

People · Watton at Stone

British engineer (1876–1941)

Stanisław Ruziewicz died

People · Lviv

Polish mathematician (1889–1941)

Arthur Erich Haas died

People · Chicago

Austrian physicist (1884–1941)

Daniel Vorländer died

People · Halle (Saale)

German chemist (1867-1941)

Boris Numerov died

People · Oryol

Russian astronomer

Antoni Łomnicki died

People · Lviv

Polish mathematician (1881-1941)

Antanas Gustaitis died

People · Butyrka prison

Lithuanian military officer (1898–1941)

Joanny-Philippe Lagrula died

People · 1st arrondissement of Lyon

French astronomer (1870–1941)

Theodor Bartus died

People · Berlin

Explorer; museum conservator (1858-1941)

Jan Kalinowski died

People · Peru

Polish naturalist, explorer and collector of biological specimens

J. Allan Dunn died

People · New York City

Prolific adventure writer for pulp magazines

J. Stuart Blackton died

People · Hollywood

American film producer (1875–1941)

Afife Jale died

People · Istanbul

Turkish actor (1902–1941)

Walter Ruttmann died

People · Berlin

German film director (1887-1941)

Georgette Leblanc died

People · Le Cannet

French singer (1869–1941)

Victor Schertzinger died

People · Hollywood

American composer, film director, film producer, and screenwriter (1888-1941)

James Stephenson died

People · Pacific Palisades

British-American actor (1889-1941)

Charles Murray died

People · Los Angeles

American film actor of the silent era (1872-1941)

Helen Morgan died

People · Chicago

American jazz singer and actress (1900–1941)

Bob Dylan born

People · Duluth

Born in Duluth. American singer-songwriter (born 1941).

Bernie Sanders born

People · Brooklyn

Born in Brooklyn. United States Senator from Vermont.

Kim Jong-il born

People · Vyatskoye

Born in Vyatskoye. Supreme Leader of North Korea from 1994 to 2011.

Richard Dawkins born

People · Nairobi

Born in Nairobi. English ethologist, evolutionary biologist and author (born 1941).

Sergio Mattarella born

People · Palermo

Born in Palermo. President of Italy (2015–present).

Dick Cheney born

People · Lincoln

Born in Lincoln. Vice President of the United States from 2001 to 2009 (1941–2025).

Alex Ferguson born

People · Glasgow

Born in Glasgow. Scottish association football manager and player.

Slobodan Milošević born

People · Požarevac

Born in Požarevac. Yugoslav–Serbian politician.

Dennis M. Ritchie born

People · Bronxville

Born in Bronxville. American computer scientist, co-inventor of the Unix operating system and the C programming language.

Fethullah Gülen born

People · Pasinler district

Born in Pasinler district. Turkish preacher and imam (1941–2024).

Václav Klaus born

People · Prague

Born in Prague. President of the Czech Republic from 2003 to 2013.

Bernardo Bertolucci born

People · Parma

Born in Parma. Italian film director and screenwriter (1941–2018).

Michael D. Higgins born

People · Limerick

Born in Limerick. President of Ireland (2011–2018; 2018–2025).

Julia Kristeva born

People · Sliven

Born in Sliven. Bulgarian philosopher, psychoanalyst & academic.

Lee Myung-bak born

People · Kami

Born in Kami. President of South Korea from 2008 to 2013.

Óscar Arias Sánchez born

People · San José

Born in San José. President of Costa Rica (1986–1990, 2006–2010).

Mahmoud Darwish born

People · Al-Birwa

Born in Al-Birwa. The national Palestinian poet, and author (1941–2008).

Ahmet Necdet Sezer born

People · Afyonkarahisar

Born in Afyonkarahisar. 10th President of Turkey (born 1941).

Anne Rice born

People · New Orleans

Born in New Orleans. American author (1941–2021).

Jesse Jackson born

People · Greenville

Born in Greenville. American Baptist minister, activist, civil rights leader, politician, and founder of the Rainbow PUSH Coalition (1941–2026).

Nora Ephron born

People · Upper West Side

Born in Upper West Side. American film director and writer (1941–2012).

Ivan Gašparovič born

People · Poltár

Born in Poltár. Slovak politician and lawyer.

Viktor Zubkov born

People · Arbat

Born in Arbat. Russian politician and businessman.

Art Garfunkel born

People · Forest Hills

Born in Forest Hills. American singer (born 1941).

Martha Stewart born

People · Jersey City

Born in Jersey City. American businesswoman, writer, TV personality (born 1941).

Richard Holbrooke born

People · New York City

Born in New York City. American diplomat (1941-2010).

Hage Geingob born

People · Otjiwarongo

Born in Otjiwarongo. President of Namibia from 2015 to 2024.

Vladimir Voronin born

People · Corjova

Born in Corjova. Moldovan politician, former President of Moldova.

Eduardo Duhalde born

People · Lomas de Zamora

Born in Lomas de Zamora. President of Argentina from 2002 to 2003.

Goh Chok Tong born

People · Singapore

Born in Singapore. 2nd Prime Minister of Singapore from 1990 to 2004.

Ken Saro-Wiwa born

People · Bori

Born in Bori. Nigerian social rights activist (1941–1995).

Scott Glenn born

People · Pittsburgh

Born in Pittsburgh. American actor.

Captain Beefheart born

People · Glendale

Born in Glendale. American musician and painter (1941-2010).

Ibrahim Babangida born

People · Minna

Born in Minna. Head of State of Nigeria.

Mirosław Hermaszewski born

People · Lipniki, Wołyń Voivodeship

Born in Lipniki, Wołyń Voivodeship. Polish cosmonaut (1941–2022).

Ali Hassan al-Majid born

People · Tikrit

Born in Tikrit. Iraqi politician and military commander (1941–2010).

Fausto Cercignani born

People · Cagliari

Born in Cagliari. Italian scholar, essayist and poet.

Jaan Kaplinski born

People · Tartu

Born in Tartu. Estonian poet, philosopher, translator, politician and culture critic (1941–2021).

Eugène Terre'Blanche born

People · Ventersdorp

Born in Ventersdorp. Afrikaner nationalist (1941–2010).

Robin Morgan born

People · Lake Worth Beach

Born in Lake Worth Beach. American feminist writer.

Gheorghe Zamfir born

People · Găești

Born in Găești. Romanian pan flute musician.

Liamine Zéroual born

People · Batna

Born in Batna. President of Algeria (1941 - 2026).

Rached Ghannouchi born

People · El Hamma

Born in El Hamma. Tunisian politician.

Ahmed Shafik born

People · Cairo

Born in Cairo. Former Prime Minister of Egypt.

Barbara Ehrenreich born

People · Butte

Born in Butte. American writer and journalist (1941–2022).

Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya born

People · Atar

Born in Atar. President of Mauritania from 1984 to 2005.

Jacques Cheminade born

People · Buenos Aires

Born in Buenos Aires. French politician.

David Lewis born

People · Oberlin

Born in Oberlin. American philosopher (1941–2001).

Walter Block born

People · Brooklyn

Born in Brooklyn. Austrian School economist and prominent anarcho-capitalist.

Cristina Peri Rossi born

People · Montevideo

Born in Montevideo. Uruguayan writer (born 1941).

Gerald Cohen born

People · Montreal

Born in Montreal. Canadian political philosopher, founder of analytical Marxism (1941–2009).

Joan Wallach Scott born

People · Brooklyn

Born in Brooklyn. American academic and historian.

Frederick D. Gregory born

People · Washington, D.C.

Born in Washington, D.C.. American astronaut.

Ed Roberts born

People · Miami

Born in Miami. American engineer, entrepreneur and medical doctor (1941–2010).

Anatolii Levchenko born

People · Krasnokutsk

Born in Krasnokutsk. Soviet test pilot and cosmonaut (1941-1988).

Vittorio Messori born

People · Sassuolo

Born in Sassuolo. Italian journalist.

Frederick Hauck born

People · Long Beach

Born in Long Beach. American astronaut.

James R. Clapper born

People · Fort Wayne

Born in Fort Wayne. US government official (born 1941).

Dragoljub Ojdanić born

People · Ravni, Užice

Born in Ravni, Užice. Yugoslav general (1941–2020).

Théoneste Bagosora born

People · Gisenyi

Born in Gisenyi. Rwandan convicted of Genocide (1941–2021).

James Joseph Dresnok born

People

Born. US soldier who defected to North Korea.

Sheila Fitzpatrick born

People · Melbourne

Born in Melbourne. Australian and American historian.

Kenneth O. Hall born

People · Lucea

Born in Lucea. Governor-General of Jamaica.

Domenico Losurdo born

People · Sannicandro di Bari

Born in Sannicandro di Bari. Italian scholar (1941-2018).

Wilhelm II died

People · Huis Doorn

Died in Huis Doorn. As King of Prussia last German Emperor from 1888 to 1918 (1859–1941).

Alfonso XIII died

People · Rome

Died in Rome. King of Spain from 1886 to 1931 (1886–1941).

Sisowath Monivong died

People · Bokor Hill Station

Died in Bokor Hill Station. Cambodian king (1875–1941).

Luciano Maiani born

People · Rome

Born in Rome. Sammarinese physicist.

Karl Joseph Schulte died

People · Cologne

Died in Cologne. Catholic cardinal (1871–1941).

André Azoulay born

People · Essaouira

Born in Essaouira. Politician (born 1941).

Beijing Foreign Studies University

Science & Technology

Public university in Beijing, China

Utah Valley University

Science & Technology

Public university in Orem, Utah, United States

Glenn Research Center

Science & Technology

NASA research center in Ohio, US

The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

Science & Technology

Hospital in Texas, United States

University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo

Science & Technology

University in Hawaiʻi in United States of America

Gromov Flight Research Institute

Science & Technology

Aerospace flight research and testing centre in the USSR and Russia, research institute

Kazakh Ablai Khan University of International Relations and World Languages

Science & Technology

University in Kazakhstan

Shoin University

Science & Technology

Higher education institution in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan

Heilongjiang University

Science & Technology

University in China

Delhi Technological University

Science & Technology · Delhi

State public university in North West, Delhi, India

Fesenkov Astrophysical Institute

Science & Technology

Research Institute in Almaty, Kazakhstan

Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital

Science & Technology

Hospital in South Africa

Tata Memorial Centre

Science & Technology

Hospital in India

National Center of Oncology

Science & Technology

Hospital in Baku, Azerbaijan

Huachiew Chalermprakiet University

Science & Technology

University in Thailand

Istituto agronomico per l'oltremare

Science & Technology

Italian research institute

Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Campinas

Science & Technology

University, academic publisher

Cornerstone University

Science & Technology

Private Christian university in Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States

Linyi University

Science & Technology

University in China

Guizhou Normal University

Science & Technology

University in Guiyang, China

University of Michigan School of Public Health

Science & Technology

School of Public Health at the University of Michigan

Indiana University Southeast

Science & Technology

Public regional campus of Indiana University

Saint Petersburg State University of Aerospace Instrumentation

Science & Technology · Saint Petersburg

University

King George V Memorial Hospital

Science & Technology · Sydney

Former hospital in Australia

Raigmore Hospital

Science & Technology

Hospital in Inverness, Scotland

Nanfang Hospital

Science & Technology

Hospital in China

59th Medical Wing

Science & Technology

Government organization in San Antonio, United States

Chaophraya Abhaibhubejhr Hospital

Science & Technology

Hospital in Prachinburi, Thailand

Ratchaburi Hospital

Science & Technology

Healthcare organization in Ratchaburi, Thailand

Lithuanian Institute of History

Science & Technology · Vilnius

University of Negros Occidental – Recoletos

Science & Technology

Private Catholic research university in Bacolod City, Philippines

Fukushima College

Science & Technology

Higher education institution in Fukushima Prefecture, Japan

École libre des hautes études

Science & Technology

Second World War-era expatriate school

Koshien University

Science & Technology

Higher education institution in Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan

Hunan University of Science and Engineering

Science & Technology

University in China

Nagoya Bunri University

Science & Technology

Higher education institution in Aichi Prefecture, Japan

Osaka Electro-Communication University

Science & Technology

Higher education institution in Osaka Prefecture, Japan

KhVVKIU

Science & Technology · Kharkiv

Roscommon University Hospital

Science & Technology

University hospital in Roscommon, Ireland

Walton Centre

Science & Technology

Hospital in Fazakerley, Liverpool

Chaplygin Siberian Scientific Research Institute of Aviation

Science & Technology

Russian research institute

Frankston Hospital

Science & Technology

Hospital in Australia

Institute for Advanced Studies on Asia, University of Tokyo

Science & Technology

Indian Institute of Integrative Medicine

Science & Technology

Facility in Jammu, India

Botanical Gardens, Osaka Metropolitan University

Science & Technology

Botanical gardens in Katano, Osaka, Japan

Supreme Military Institute of the Armed Forces of the Kyrgyz Republic

Science & Technology

Military academy in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan

Ichinomiya Women's Junior College

Science & Technology

Emmaus Bible College

Science & Technology

Private Bible college in Dubuque, Iowa, United States

Asia University

Science & Technology

Private university in Tokyo

University of Atlántico

Science & Technology

Colombian university

Abqaiq oil field

Exploration & Discovery

Oilfield in Saudi Arabia

Statuette of God Teisheba

Exploration & Discovery · History Museum of Armenia

Fengbitou Archaeological Site

Exploration & Discovery

Archaeological site in Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Mossdale Caverns

Exploration & Discovery

Cave system in the Yorkshire Dales, England

Afrika Korps

Exploration & Discovery · Tripoli

German expeditionary force in Africa during World War II

Cape Expedition

Exploration & Discovery · Auckland Island

Wartime programme with coastwatching on New Zealand’s subantarctic islands which included meterological, surveying and natural history research

Etz Ahayim Synagogue

Religion & Belief Systems

Synagogue in Istanbul, Turkey

Pagla Jame Masjid

Religion & Belief Systems

Mosque of Bangladesh

Christ Apostolic Church

Religion & Belief Systems

First Aladura Pentecostal church in Nigeria

San Felice da Cantalice a Centocelle

Religion & Belief Systems

Church building in Rome, Italy

Hillside Memorial Park

Religion & Belief Systems

Jewish cemetery in Culver City, California, United States

Basílica de la Macarena (Sevilla)

Religion & Belief Systems

Minor basilica in Seville, Spain

Our Lady of Fatima Cathedral

Religion & Belief Systems · Nampula

Catholic cathedral in Nampula, Mozambique

St. Joseph Cathedral, San Diego

Religion & Belief Systems

Cathedral of the diocese of San Diego

St. Joseph's Cathedral, Gulu

Religion & Belief Systems

Roman Catholic Cathedral in Gulu, Uganda

Basilique Saint-Joseph-des-Fins

Religion & Belief Systems

Basilica located in Haute-Savoie, in France

Jewish Ghetto cemetery in Białystok

Religion & Belief Systems

Jewish cemetery in the Białystok Ghetto, north-eastern Poland

Saint Gervasius and Protasius Church

Religion & Belief Systems

Parish church building in Novate Milanese, Italy

Lutheran Grand Church, Rákospalota

Religion & Belief Systems

Church

Sacred Heart Parish Shrine

Religion & Belief Systems

Roman Catholic church in Kamuning, Quezon City, Philippines

Maison provinciale des Clercs de Saint-Viateur

Religion & Belief Systems

Building in Quebec, Canada

Klotjeskapel

Religion & Belief Systems · Stramproy

Chapel in Stramproy, Netherlands

Pilgrim Lutheran Church for the Deaf of Greater Kansas City and Parsonage

Religion & Belief Systems

church building in Kansas City, United States of America

St Columba's Roman Catholic Church, 74-76 Hopehill Road, Glasgow

Religion & Belief Systems · Glasgow

Church in Glasgow, Scotland, UK

Marien chapel

Religion & Belief Systems

Church building in Brienz in the canton of Bern, Switzerland

Jeep

Economy & Trade · Toledo

US automotive company

Carl's Jr.

Economy & Trade · Carpinteria

American fast food restaurant chain

RIA Novosti

Economy & Trade · Moscow

State-operated domestic Russian-language news agency

UAZ

Economy & Trade · Ulyanovsk

Automobile manufacturer based in Ulyanovsk, Russia

Hilti

Economy & Trade · Schaan

Liechtenstein multinational company in the manufacturing industry

Velcro

Economy & Trade · Manchester

Swiss corporation behind popular hook-and-loop fastener and its registered trademark

Hankook Tire & Technology

Economy & Trade · Seongnam

South Korean tire company

TAM-Europe

Economy & Trade · Maribor

Company

Hoya Corporation

Economy & Trade · Shinjuku

Company

Compass Group

Economy & Trade · Chertsey

British multinational contract foodservice company

Coach

Economy & Trade · New York City

American luxury design house

Petrol Ofisi

Economy & Trade · Istanbul

Fuel products distribution and lubricants company

HBL Pakistan

Economy & Trade · Habib Bank Plaza

Pakistani multinational banking company

Mitsui Fudosan

Economy & Trade · Chūō

Japanese real estate developer

VSMPO-AVISMA

Economy & Trade · Yekaterinburg

Company

Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional

Economy & Trade · Rio de Janeiro

Brazilian steel company

Empresas Polar

Economy & Trade · Caracas

Venezuelan food company

Abengoa

Economy & Trade · Campus Palmas Altas (Sevilla)

Company

Snam

Economy & Trade · San Donato Milanese

Italian natural gas infrastructure company

Velux

Economy & Trade · Hørsholm

Danish window manufacturer

Rabén & Sjögren

Economy & Trade · Stockholm

Swedish book publishing company

State Bank of Hyderabad

Economy & Trade · Hyderabad

Former associate bank of State Bank of India

Landor Associates

Economy & Trade · San Francisco

Company

Van–Erciş earthquake of 1941

Disasters & Pandemics

6.0-magnitude earthquake that struck Van in eastern Turkey on September 11, 1941

Horsfjärden disaster

Disasters & Pandemics · Märsgarn

Smederevo Fortress explosion

Disasters & Pandemics · Smederevo Fortress

1941 explosion in Smederevo, Serbia

1941 Porto Alegre flood

Disasters & Pandemics · Porto Alegre

Natural disaster in Brazil

1941 Colima earthquake

Disasters & Pandemics

Earthquake in Mexico

1941 Andaman Islands earthquake

Disasters & Pandemics

Earthquake in Southeast Asia

1941 Chungpu earthquake

Disasters & Pandemics

Earthquake in Taiwan

1941 Gloria Fault earthquake

Disasters & Pandemics

Mega Quake

Final Solution

Disasters & Pandemics · Nazi Germany

Nazi plan for the genocide or extermination of the Jews, resulted in the genocide known as 'Holocaust' or 'Shoah'

Lviv pogroms

Disasters & Pandemics · Lviv

Massacres of Jews in Lviv, Nazi-occupied Ukraine between June and July 1941

Jedwabne pogrom

Disasters & Pandemics · Jedwabne

Massacre of Jews by ethnic Poles in Nazi-occupied Poland in July 1941

Ponary massacre

Disasters & Pandemics · Aukštieji Paneriai

Mass executions carried out by Germans and Lithuanians near Vilnius in 1941–1944

Farhud

Disasters & Pandemics · Baghdad

Anti-Jewish massacres (pogroms) that took place in Baghdad (Iraq) in 1941

1941 Odessa massacre

Disasters & Pandemics · Odesa

Massacre of Jews in Odessa during the Holocaust

Rumbula massacre

Disasters & Pandemics

Nazi massacre of Jews in Riga, Latvia, in late 1941

Kamianets-Podilskyi Massacre

Disasters & Pandemics · Kamianets-Podilskyi

World War II mass shooting of Jews

Iași pogrom

Disasters & Pandemics · Iași

Series of pogroms against the Jewish community of Iași in 1941

Medvedev Forest massacre

Disasters & Pandemics

1941 NKVD mass execution of Oryol prisoners

Fântâna Albă massacre

Disasters & Pandemics · Starovovchynetska silska rada

Massacre on 1 April 1941, in Northern Bukovina

massacre of Kondomari

Disasters & Pandemics · Kondomari

Massacre

Liepāja Massacres

Disasters & Pandemics · Liepāja

Series of mass executions in Latvia

Babi Yar massacre

Disasters & Pandemics · Babi Yar

Mass killing of Jews near Kyiv, Ukraine, in September 1941

Szczuczyn pogrom

Disasters & Pandemics · Szczuczyn

1941 massacre of Jews in Szczuczyn by ethnic Poles during Axis invasion of Soviet Union

Glina massacres

Disasters & Pandemics · Independent State of Croatia

Ustaše war crime during World War II

Rainiai massacre

Disasters & Pandemics

Massacre

Tykocin pogrom

Disasters & Pandemics · Tykocin

World War II mass murders in Poland

Pripyat swamps

Disasters & Pandemics · Byerastsye Region

1941 Ethnic cleansing of Jewish civilians in Eastern Europe during World War II

Gudovac massacre

Disasters & Pandemics · Gudovac

Massacre of Serbs by Ustaše in Croatia in WWII

Kaunas massacre of October 29, 1941

Disasters & Pandemics · Ninth Fort

Slaughter of Lithuanian Jews

Chervyen massacre

Disasters & Pandemics

Episode of mass murder of political prisoners

Razing of Kandanos

Disasters & Pandemics · Kandanos

Kraljevo massacre

Disasters & Pandemics · Kraljevo

Massacre commited by Nazi Soldiers in WW2 against Yugoslavia

Jelgava massacres

Disasters & Pandemics

Killing of Jews in Jelgava, Latvia

Panjiayu Massacre

Disasters & Pandemics · Site of the Panjiayu Massacre

Massacre by the Japanese in China

Prebilovci massacre

Disasters & Pandemics

1942 atrocity in Croatia during World War II

Massacre of Kerdyllia

Disasters & Pandemics · Central Macedonia Region

1941 Santander fire

Disasters & Pandemics

Natural disaster in Santander

Refah tragedy

Disasters & Pandemics · Cyprus

Marine disaster in Turkey

St. Stephen's college incident

Disasters & Pandemics · St. Stephen's College

1941 massacre in Hong Kong by Japan

Trubar massacre

Disasters & Pandemics

Civilian massacre committed by Chetniks on 27 July 1941

Pančevo massacre

Disasters & Pandemics · Pančevo

Killing of Serb civilians in 1941

Ninth Fort massacres of November 1941

Disasters & Pandemics · Ninth Fort

Genocidal killings of nearly 5,000 Jews by German death squads during the Holocaust

Mesovouno massacres

Disasters & Pandemics

WWII nazi atrocities

Czarny Las Massacre

Disasters & Pandemics · Ivano-Frankivsk

Petliura Days

Disasters & Pandemics · Lviv

Alikianos executions

Disasters & Pandemics · Alikianos

Veljun massacre

Disasters & Pandemics · Blagaj

Executions in Lviv (June 1941)

Disasters & Pandemics · Lviv

Mass murder of prisoners in Lviv prisons

Pogrom in Krnjeuša

Disasters & Pandemics · Krnjeuša

Bosansko Grahovo massacre

Disasters & Pandemics · Bosansko Grahovo

1941 killings of Croat civilians

Christmas massacre (mass murder in Simferopol)

Disasters & Pandemics · Simferopol

The Pavoloch Massacre

Disasters & Pandemics

Mass killing during the Holocaust

NKVD prisoner massacre in Dubno

Disasters & Pandemics

Soviet war crime

NKVD prisoner massacre in Sambir

Disasters & Pandemics

Soviet war crime in 1941

NKVD prisoner massacre in Tartu

Disasters & Pandemics · Tartu

1941 incident in a Soviet prison in Tartu, Estonia

Šabac massacre

Disasters & Pandemics · Šabac

German war crime in Serbia (1941)

Plungė massacre

Disasters & Pandemics

1941 killings in Lithuania

Kulen Vakuf massacre

Disasters & Pandemics · Kulen Vakuf

1941 killing in occupied Yugoslavia

June Uprising in Lithuania

Social Movements & Revolutions · Lithuania

Uprising by Lithuanians against the retreating Red Army in 1941

Uprising in Montenegro

Social Movements & Revolutions · Governorate of Montenegro

Conflict

Bucharest pogrom

Social Movements & Revolutions · Bucharest

Pogrom during the Legionnaires' rebellion in 1941

June 1941 uprising in eastern Herzegovina

Social Movements & Revolutions · Herzegovina

1941 Serbian uprising

1941 anti-Jewish riots in Gabès

Social Movements & Revolutions · Gabès

Riot in Tunisia

Resolution of Mostar Muslims

Social Movements & Revolutions · Mostar

Protest against fascism

Kayyur incident

Social Movements & Revolutions

1941 communist uprising in British India

February strike

Social Movements & Revolutions · Netherlands

Strikes organized on 25 and 26 February 1941 as an act of resistance against the expulsion of Jews from Dutch society by the German occupiers

Disney animators' strike

Social Movements & Revolutions · Los Angeles

Event

Strike of the 100,000

Social Movements & Revolutions · Belgium

1941 strike in German-occupied Belgium

La Rosaleda Stadium

Architecture & Engineering

Football stadium in Málaga, Spain

Spartak Stadium

Architecture & Engineering

Sports venue in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan

Ryavallen

Architecture & Engineering

Soccer and track and field athletics stadium in Borås, Sweden

Mizuho Athletic Stadium

Architecture & Engineering · Nagoya

Stadium

Městský stadion

Architecture & Engineering

Track and field stadium in Ostrava

Soyu Stadium

Architecture & Engineering

Building in Akita Prefecture, Japan

Stadion Goce Delčev

Architecture & Engineering

Sports venue in North Macedonia

Coca-Cola West Hiroshima Stadium

Architecture & Engineering · Hiroshima

Multi-purpose stadium in Hiroshima, Japan

Estádio Germano Krüger

Architecture & Engineering · Ponta Grossa

Multi-Purpose Stadium in Brazil

Mizuho Rugby Stadium

Architecture & Engineering

Building in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, Japan

Heidal Church

Architecture & Engineering

Church building in Sel, Innlandet, Norway

St. Martin of Tours' Church, Marigot

Architecture & Engineering

Church located in Saint-Martin, in France

Iladalen Church

Architecture & Engineering

Church in Oslo, Norway

Estádio Arthur Marinho

Architecture & Engineering

Stadium in Corumbá, Brazil

Fedje Church

Architecture & Engineering

Church building in Fedje, Norway

Sant'Andrea

Architecture & Engineering

Church building in Padua, Italy

Mediumwave transmitter Lopik

Architecture & Engineering · Lopikerkapel

Medium-wave broadcasting facility in the Netherlands, active between 1938 and 2015

Casa Marsano

Architecture & Engineering

Former building in Peru

St Symphorian's Church, Durrington

Architecture & Engineering

Grade II listed church in Worthing, West Sussex, England, UK

Estádio Conselheiro Galvão

Architecture & Engineering

Hiroshima Sogo Ground Baseball Park

Architecture & Engineering

Building in Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan

All Saints Episcopal Church

Architecture & Engineering

Historic church in Winter Park, Florida, United States

Church of St. Dismas, the Good Thief

Architecture & Engineering

Church building in Dannemora (village), New York, United States of America

Rue Chapel AME Church

Architecture & Engineering

Church building in North Carolina, United States of America

Cooerwull railway footbridge

Architecture & Engineering

Historic site in New South Wales, Australia

Memorial Stadium

Architecture & Engineering · Kent

Former stadium at Kent State University

Trondenes Fort

Architecture & Engineering

Fort in Harstad, Troms, Norway

Victory Monument

Architecture & Engineering

Monument in Bangkok, Thailand

Santa Monica degli Agostiniani

Architecture & Engineering

Building in Rome, Italy

Presidential Palace

Architecture & Engineering

Cultural heritage monument of Albania

Baden-Powell grave

Architecture & Engineering · Saint Peter's Cemetery

Gravesite of Baden-Powell and wife

Russian State Archive of Literature and Art

Architecture & Engineering

One of the largest state archives in Russia; it preserves documents of national literature, music, theatre, cinema, painting and architecture

Nevsky Pyatachok & Nevskaya Dubrovka

Architecture & Engineering

Bridgehead for Soviet troops in the battle to lift the blockade of Leningrad

Gully of Petrushino

Architecture & Engineering

Place on the outskirts of Taganrog, where about 7,000 Soviet citizens, mostly Jews, were killed during the Nazi occupation of the city in 1941-1943

Torņakalns Memorial to Victims of Communist Terror

Architecture & Engineering

Latvian cultural monument No. 8664

Monument to the fighters against the Comintern

Architecture & Engineering

Anti-Communist monument in Harbin, Manchukuo

Stalag 352

Architecture & Engineering · Q4284426

Vesilinna

Architecture & Engineering · Yliopistonmäki

Water tower in Turku, Finland

Memorial Cemetery of Soviet soldiers in Sevastopol

Architecture & Engineering

Tōkō Shrine

Architecture & Engineering

Fort Abercrombie State Historic Site

Architecture & Engineering

state park in Alaska, United States

Chapel No. 1

Architecture & Engineering

historic chapel in Denver, Colorado, US

Fire Station No. 1

Architecture & Engineering

Historic fire station in Los Angeles, United States

Seattle Betsuin Buddhist Temple

Architecture & Engineering

church building in Washington, United States of America

Japanese Coastal Defense Gun

Architecture & Engineering

historic site that is listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places

First Baptist Church

Architecture & Engineering

historic church in Little Rock, Arkansas, United States

St. Peter's Rock Baptist Church

Architecture & Engineering

church building in Little Rock, United States of America

Museo Salzillo

Architecture & Engineering

Cultural property in Murcia, Spain

Reserve museum «The Breakthrough of the Siege of Leningrad»

Architecture & Engineering

War memorial, historic site in Kirovsky District, Russia

Yurrita church

Architecture & Engineering

Church in Ciudad de Guatemala

Chesmen Cemetery

Architecture & Engineering

Cemetery, historic site in Moskovsky District, Saint Petersburg, Russia

Mass grave of Soviet soldiers

Architecture & Engineering

War memorial, historic site in Kamenka, Russia

Paronyan Musical Comedy Theatre of Yerevan

Sports & Entertainment

A theatre of Yerevan

9th Venice International Film Festival

Sports & Entertainment · Venice

1941 film festival edition

Norilsk Polar Drama Theater named after Vladimir Mayakovsky

Sports & Entertainment

Theatre in Norilsk, Russia

Latvijas PSR Valsts Jaunatnes teātris

Sports & Entertainment

Indiana University Auditorium

Sports & Entertainment

Concert and multi-purpose hall in Bloomington, Indiana, United States

Skopie National theatre

Sports & Entertainment

1941 Copa del Generalísimo Final

Sports & Entertainment · Bernabéu

Football match

Tournoi de France (tennis)

Sports & Entertainment · Paris

Munich 1941 chess tournament

Sports & Entertainment · Munich

Independent State of Croatia founded

Empires & Countries · Zagreb

Independent State of Croatia was founded, with its capital at Zagreb.

Governorate of Montenegro founded

Empires & Countries · Cetinje

Governorate of Montenegro was founded, with its capital at Cetinje.

Hellenic State founded

Empires & Countries · Athens

Hellenic State was founded, with its capital at Athens.

Territory of the Military Commander in Serbia founded

Empires & Countries · Belgrade

Territory of the Military Commander in Serbia was founded, with its capital at Belgrade.

National Legionary State dissolved

Empires & Countries · Bucharest

National Legionary State ceased to exist, having been centered at Bucharest.

Ukrainian national government (1941) founded

Empires & Countries · Kyiv

Ukrainian national government (1941) was founded, with its capital at Kyiv.

Ukrainian national government (1941) dissolved

Empires & Countries · Kyiv

Ukrainian national government (1941) ceased to exist, having been centered at Kyiv.

Italian Ethiopia dissolved

Empires & Countries · Addis Ababa

Italian Ethiopia ceased to exist, having been centered at Addis Ababa.

Zuyev Republic founded

Empires & Countries · Zaskarki

Zuyev Republic was founded, with its capital at Zaskarki.

Shiogama founded

Empires & Countries

Shiogama was founded.

Reichskommissariat Ukraine founded

Empires & Countries · Rivne

Reichskommissariat Ukraine was founded, with its capital at Rivne.

Government of National Salvation founded

Empires & Countries · Belgrade

Government of National Salvation was founded, with its capital at Belgrade.

Yuza founded

Empires & Countries

Yuza was founded.

Vardar Banovina dissolved

Empires & Countries

Vardar Banovina ceased to exist.