What happened in 1941?
395 recorded events in 1941, including 158 in people, 101 in wars & conflicts and 44 in science & technology.
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Major Events 1
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Attack on Pearl Harbor
A surprise Japanese attack on the US Pacific Fleet brings the United States into World War II.
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Wars & Conflicts 101
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Eastern Front
1941–1945 World War II theater
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Attack on Pearl Harbor
1941 Japanese surprise attack on the U.S
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Siege of Leningrad
8 September 1941 – 27 January 1944 blockade of Leningrad by the Axis
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Battle of Moscow
1941 World War II campaign in Russia
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Continuation War
1941–1944 Finnish war against USSR
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Battle of Crete
1941 battle during WWII on the Greek island of Crete
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Battle of Kiev
1941 battle resulting in a large encirclement of Soviet troops in the vicinity of Kiev during World War II
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Siege of Sevastopol
World War II Eastern Front battle (1941–1942)
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Anglo-Iraqi War
British-led Allied military campaign against Iraq under Rashid Ali during World War II
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Battle of Smolensk
1941 battle during the second phase of Operation Barbarossa
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Battle of Białystok–Minsk
1941 battle
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Siege of Odesa 1941
1941 siege
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First Battle of Kharkov
1941 Eastern front battle of World War II
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Battle of Rostov
1941 battle
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Siege of Tobruk
1941 military Confrontation in North Africa During the Second World War
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Defense of Brest Fortress
1941 siege in World War II
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Battle of Hong Kong
1941 battle, one of the first of the Pacific campaign of World War II
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Battle of Uman
Encirclement of the 6th and 12th Soviet armies during 1941 German offensive on the Eastern Front
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Battle of Guam
1941 World War II battle
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Battle of Wake Island
1941 battle of World War II
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Battle of Brody
Tank battle between 23 and 30 June 1941
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Operation Sonnenblume
1941 battle
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Battle of Raseiniai
1941 battle on the Eastern Front of World War II
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Bombing of Belgrade in 1941
German bombing of Belgrade, Yugoslavia during World War 2
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Battle of Changsha
Japan's second attempt at taking the city of Changsha, China
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Baltic Operation
Operation in Lithuania and Latvia, encompassed the operations of the Red Army from 22 June to 9 July 1941
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Battle of Keren
1941 battle in Africa
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Battle of Gondar
1941 battle in WWII
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Battle of Bardia
1941 battle of World War II
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Battle of Thermopylae
1941 World War II battle during the German invasion of Greece
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First Battle of Sirte
1941 battle
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Battle of Bryansk
2–21 October 1941
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Battle of the Duisburg Convoy
1941 battle
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Battle of Shanggao
1941 battle of the Second Sino-Japanese War
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Oranienbaum Bridgehead
1941 siege
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Tikhvin offensive
1941 military operation undertaken by Nazi Germany during WWII
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Battle of the Kerch Peninsula
Comprising of the Kerch-Feodosia Landing Operation and the Operation Bustard Hunt
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Battle of Hanko
1941 battle
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Battle of Palmyra
Battle in Syria during the Syria-Lebanon campaign in World War II
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Battle of Kufra
1941 World War II battle between an Anglo-French force and the Italians
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Battle of South Henan
1941 battle
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Battle of South Shanxi
1941 battle of the Second Sino-Japanese War
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Second Battle of Amba Alagi
1941 battle
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Battle of Beda Fomm
Battle as part of Operation Compass during World War II
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Summer War
1941 battle of World War II during the Operation Barbarossa
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Battle of Kampar
1941 battle of the Malayan Campaign in World War II
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Battle of the Sea of Azov
1941 battle
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Battle of Agordat
1941 battle of World War II
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Siege of Mahilow
1941 battle of World War II
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Battle of Damascus
1941 battle in Syria during the Second World War
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Battle of the Litani River
1941 battle
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Battle of Jitra
1941 battle of the Malayan Campaign in World War II
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British capture of Tobruk
1941 battle
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Point 175
WWII battle of the Western Desert Campaign
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Battle of Bengtskär
1941 battle
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Battle of Prachuap Khiri Khan
1941 battle in Thailand during World War II
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Battle of Loznica
1941 battle
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Clydebank Blitz
1941 WWII aerial bombardment of city in Scotland
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Battle of Porlampi
1941 battle of the Continuation War
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Battle of Vevi
Part of World War II
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Battle of Pljevlja
Battle of the Yugoslav Resistance
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Battle of Beirut
1941 battle over control of the city during World War II
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Battle of Heraklion
1941 World War II battle in Crete
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Battle of Jezzine
1941 battle of World War II
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Battle of Kissoué
1941 battle of World War II
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Battle of Hill 731
1941 World War II battle in southern Albania
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Action at Mechili, 24 January 1941
1941 battle
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First Battle of Bir el Gubi
1941 military action of Operation Crusader in World War II
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Second Battle of Bir el Gubi
1941 Libyan battle of World War II
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Battle for Novi Pazar
Battle
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Battle of Deir ez-Zor
Battle of World War II
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Battle of Gurun
1941 minor engagement of the Malayan Campaign in World War II
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Battle of Kautla
1941 military conflict in Estonia during WW II
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Battle of Ptolemaida
1941 battle
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Battle of Sidon
1941 battle of the Australian 7th Division's advance on Beirut during WWII
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Battle of Rethymno
World War II battle on Crete in 1941
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Battle of Merdjayoun
1941 battle of World War II
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Capture of Olovo
Battle during World War II
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Siege of Kraljevo
1941 siege
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German-Soviet air war 22 June 1941
One-day air battle during WWII
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Battle of Sjenica
Battle
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Battle of Culqualber
Battle fought near Culqualber Pass, Ethiopia, from 6 August to 21 November 1941
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Chetnik attack on the Užice Republic
Part of World War II in Yugoslavia
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Battle of Banja Koviljača
1941 battle in German-occupied Serbia
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Battle of Petrikowka
1941 battle of World War II
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Battle of Damour
1941 battle of World War II
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Siege of Saïo
1941 siege during the East African Campaign of World War II
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Battle of Kleisoura Pass
World War II battle 13 April 1941 near Lechovo, Greece
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Battle of Tempe Gorge
Battle of World War II in Thessaly, Greece
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Battle of Lypovec
1941 battle
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Battle of Lake Kastoria
Battle of Lake Kastoria (Wars & Conflicts).
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Capture of Gorlovka
Capture of Gorlovka (Wars & Conflicts).
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Battle at Borodino Field
1941 battle
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Battle of 42nd Street
World War II battle on the island of Crete, Greece
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Battle of Lwów
1941 battle
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Battle of Trebeshina
1941 battle
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Battle of Olympus
1941 battle
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Battle of Pantoja and Rocafuerte
Battle in the 1941 Ecuadorian–Peruvian War
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Battle of Athens
1941 air battle in Greece during WWII
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Battle of Tuulos
1941 battle
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Siege of Rogatica
1941 siege
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Politics & Government 6
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Soviet–Japanese Neutrality Pact
1941 bilateral treaty
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Yugoslav coup d'état
Yugoslav coup d'état, 27 March 1941, replaced the regency led by Prince Paul and installed King Peter II
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1941 Iraqi coup d'état
Coup d'état
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Sikorski–Mayski agreement
1941 treaty between the Soviet Union and Poland
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Treaties of Rome (1941)
1941 treaty between Italy and Croatia
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German–Soviet Border and Commercial Agreement
Broad agreement
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People 158
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Edward Rydz-Śmigły died
Polish general (1886-1941)
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Charles Émile Picard died
French mathematician (1856-1941)
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Marcel Prévost died
French writer (1862-1941)
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Emanuel Lasker died
Former World Chess champion (1868–1941)
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Walther Hermann Nernst died
German physical chemist and physicist (1864–1941)
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Paul Sabatier died
French chemist (1854–1941)
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Źmitrok Biadula died
Jewish Belarusian poet, writer, political activist (1886–1941)
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Elsie Clews Parsons died
American anthropologist (1875-1941)
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Herabai Tata died
Indian suffragist and women's rights activist
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Rabindranath Tagore died
Bengali poet, philosopher and polymath (1861–1941)
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Annie Jump Cannon died
American astronomer (1863-1941)
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Henri Lebesgue died
French mathematician (1875–1941)
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Abraham Lewinsky died
German rabbi (1866–1941)
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Charles Rappoport died
French writer (1865-1941)
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Guy Môquet died
French resistance member (1924–1941)
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Maria Baiulescu died
Romanian author, suffragist, women’s rights activist, Romanian nationalist, and feminist leader
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Prajadhipok died
King of Siam
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Ernst Udet died
German flying ace (1896–1941)
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Jelly Roll Morton died
American ragtime and jazz pianist, bandleader and composer (1890–1941)
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Bijoy Chand Mahtab died
Maharaja of Bardhaman and writer
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Aegidius Fauteux died
Canadian journalist, essayist and historian (1876–1941)
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Tullio Levi-Civita died
Italian mathematician and physicist (1873–1941)
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Edwin Stanton Porter died
American film pioneer (1870–1941)
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Louis Chevrolet died
Swiss motor company founder and racecar driver (1878-1941)
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Gottfried Feder died
German economist and politician (1883-1941)
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Issai Schur died
German mathematician (1875–1941)
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Hans Adolf Eduard Driesch died
German philosopher and biologist (1867 - 1941)
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Kurt Hensel died
German mathematician (1861–1941)
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Hans Berger died
German neurologist (1873–1941)
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Hans Schinz died
Swiss botanist (1858-1941)
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Alain Gerbault died
French yachtsman, author and tennis player (1893–1941)
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Eduardo Toda y Güell died
Catalan archaeologist, diplomat, bibliographer and egyptologist (1855-1941)
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William Faris Blakely died
Australian botanist (1875-1941)
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Georg Escherich died
German forestry scientist and politician (1870-1941)
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Augustin Krämer died
German anthropologist (1865-1941)
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Joseph Stenhouse died
British explorer (1887-1941)
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Ernest Edward Galpin died
South African botanist and banker (1858-1941)
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John Vincent died
English seaman and member of Ernest Shackleton's Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition
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Liu Manqing died
Chinese diplomat
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Hendrik Pieter Nicolaas Muller died
Businessman, diplomat, world traveller, publicist (1859–1941)
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Stanisław Starowieyski died
Polish officer, social activist, blessed (1895–1941)
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Sara Cato Meyer died
Dutch resistance fighter and activist (1890-1941)
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Julia Romera Yáñez died
Catalan activist
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Léo Wanner died
French communist and anti imperialist activist
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Edith Mansell-Moullin died
Suffragette and pacifist
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Nabeshima Nagako died
(1855-1941)
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Gabriela Abad Miró died
Spanish teacher and politician
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Geraldine Cadbury died
British writer and reformer
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Mario García Menocal died
Cuban statesman; president of Cuba (1866-1941)
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Kazimierz Bartel died
Polish mathematician and politician (1882-1941)
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Fritz Noether died
German-born mathematician
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Friedrich Engel died
German mathematician (1861–1941)
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DeLisle Stewart died
American astronomer (1870–1941)
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Jacques Curie died
French physicist
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Alfred Pringsheim died
German Jewish mathematician, art collector, patron of the arts and refugee from Nazis (1850-1941)
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John Stanley Plaskett died
Canadian astronomer (1865–1941)
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George Beauchamp died
American inventor (1899-1941)
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Štefan Banič died
Slovak inventor (1870-1941)
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František Křižík died
Czech engineer, entrepreneur and inventor (1847-1941)
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Menachem Ussishkin died
Jewish politician (1863–1941)
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Leo Graetz died
German physicist (1856–1941)
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Dayton Miller died
American physicist (1866–1941)
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Herbert Austin, 1st Baron Austin died
British politician (1866-1941)
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Diederik Korteweg died
Dutch mathematician (*1848 – †1941)
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Nikolai Semenovich Kurnakov died
Russian chemist (1860-1941)
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Kirstine Meyer died
Danish physicist (1861–1941)
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Minakata Kumagusu died
Japanese mycologist, biologist and writer (1867-1941)
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Philipp Johann Heinrich Fauth died
German selenographer (1867–1941)
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Hans Heinrich Euler died
German physicist (1909–1941)
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Adolf Lindenbaum died
Polish-Jewish mathematician, logician
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Frank Conrad died
American electrical engineer (1874–1941)
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Lazăr Edeleanu died
Romanian chemist (1861–1941)
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Leonard Ornstein died
Dutch physicist (1880-1941)
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Georgii Karpechenko died
Russian botanists (1899-1941)
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Gulli Petrini died
Swedish physicist and suffragist (1867-1941)
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Nigel Gresley died
British engineer (1876–1941)
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Stanisław Ruziewicz died
Polish mathematician (1889–1941)
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Arthur Erich Haas died
Austrian physicist (1884–1941)
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Daniel Vorländer died
German chemist (1867-1941)
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Boris Numerov died
Russian astronomer
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Antoni Łomnicki died
Polish mathematician (1881-1941)
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Antanas Gustaitis died
Lithuanian military officer (1898–1941)
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Joanny-Philippe Lagrula died
French astronomer (1870–1941)
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Theodor Bartus died
Explorer; museum conservator (1858-1941)
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Jan Kalinowski died
Polish naturalist, explorer and collector of biological specimens
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J. Allan Dunn died
Prolific adventure writer for pulp magazines
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J. Stuart Blackton died
American film producer (1875–1941)
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Afife Jale died
Turkish actor (1902–1941)
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Walter Ruttmann died
German film director (1887-1941)
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Georgette Leblanc died
French singer (1869–1941)
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Victor Schertzinger died
American composer, film director, film producer, and screenwriter (1888-1941)
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James Stephenson died
British-American actor (1889-1941)
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Charles Murray died
American film actor of the silent era (1872-1941)
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Helen Morgan died
American jazz singer and actress (1900–1941)
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Bob Dylan born
Born in Duluth. American singer-songwriter (born 1941).
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Bernie Sanders born
Born in Brooklyn. United States Senator from Vermont.
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Kim Jong-il born
Born in Vyatskoye. Supreme Leader of North Korea from 1994 to 2011.
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Richard Dawkins born
Born in Nairobi. English ethologist, evolutionary biologist and author (born 1941).
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Sergio Mattarella born
Born in Palermo. President of Italy (2015–present).
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Dick Cheney born
Born in Lincoln. Vice President of the United States from 2001 to 2009 (1941–2025).
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Alex Ferguson born
Born in Govan. Scottish association football manager and player.
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Slobodan Milošević born
Born in Požarevac. Yugoslav–Serbian politician.
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Dennis M. Ritchie born
Born in Bronxville. American computer scientist, co-inventor of the Unix operating system and the C programming language.
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Fethullah Gülen born
Born in Pasinler district. Turkish preacher and imam (1941–2024).
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Václav Klaus born
Born in Prague. President of the Czech Republic from 2003 to 2013.
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Bernardo Bertolucci born
Born in Parma. Italian film director and screenwriter (1941–2018).
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Michael D. Higgins born
Born in Limerick. President of Ireland (2011–2018; 2018–2025).
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Julia Kristeva born
Born in Sliven. Bulgarian philosopher, psychoanalyst & academic.
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Lee Myung-bak born
Born in Kami. President of South Korea from 2008 to 2013.
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Óscar Arias Sánchez born
Born in Heredia. President of Costa Rica (1986–1990, 2006–2010).
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Mahmoud Darwish born
Born in Al-Birwa. The national Palestinian poet, and author (1941–2008).
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Ahmet Necdet Sezer born
Born in Afyonkarahisar. 10th President of Turkey (born 1941).
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Anne Rice born
Born in New Orleans. American author (1941–2021).
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Jesse Jackson born
Born in Greenville. American Baptist minister, activist, civil rights leader, politician, and founder of the Rainbow PUSH Coalition (1941–2026).
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Nora Ephron born
Born in Upper West Side. American film director and writer (1941–2012).
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Ivan Gašparovič born
Born in Poltár. Slovak politician and lawyer.
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Viktor Zubkov born
Born in Arbat. Russian politician and businessman.
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Art Garfunkel born
Born in Forest Hills. American singer (born 1941).
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Martha Stewart born
Born in Jersey City. American businesswoman, writer, TV personality (born 1941).
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Richard Holbrooke born
Born in New York City. American diplomat (1941-2010).
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Hage Geingob born
Born in Otjiwarongo. President of Namibia from 2015 to 2024.
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Vladimir Voronin born
Born in Corjova. Moldovan politician, former President of Moldova.
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Eduardo Duhalde born
Born in Lomas de Zamora. President of Argentina from 2002 to 2003.
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Goh Chok Tong born
Born in Singapore. 2nd Prime Minister of Singapore from 1990 to 2004.
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Ken Saro-Wiwa born
Born in Bori. Nigerian social rights activist (1941–1995).
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Scott Glenn born
Born in Pittsburgh. American actor.
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Captain Beefheart born
Born in Glendale. American musician and painter (1941-2010).
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Ibrahim Babangida born
Born in Minna. Head of State of Nigeria.
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Mirosław Hermaszewski born
Born in Lipniki, Wołyń Voivodeship. Polish cosmonaut (1941–2022).
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Ali Hassan al-Majid born
Born in Tikrit. Iraqi politician and military commander (1941–2010).
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Fausto Cercignani born
Born in Cagliari. Italian scholar, essayist and poet.
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Jaan Kaplinski born
Born in Tartu. Estonian poet, philosopher, translator, politician and culture critic (1941–2021).
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Eugène Terre'Blanche born
Born in Ventersdorp. Afrikaner nationalist (1941–2010).
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Robin Morgan born
Born in Lake Worth Beach. American feminist writer.
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Gheorghe Zamfir born
Born in Găești. Romanian pan flute musician.
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Liamine Zéroual born
Born in Batna. President of Algeria (1941 - 2026).
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Rached Ghannouchi born
Born in El Hamma. Tunisian politician.
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Ahmed Shafik born
Born in Cairo. Former Prime Minister of Egypt.
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Barbara Ehrenreich born
Born in Butte. American writer and journalist (1941–2022).
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Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya born
Born in Atar. President of Mauritania from 1984 to 2005.
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Jacques Cheminade born
Born in Buenos Aires. French politician.
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David Lewis born
Born in Oberlin. American philosopher (1941–2001).
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Walter Block born
Born in Brooklyn. Austrian School economist and prominent anarcho-capitalist.
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Cristina Peri Rossi born
Born in Montevideo. Uruguayan writer (born 1941).
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Gerald Cohen born
Born in Montreal. Canadian political philosopher, founder of analytical Marxism (1941–2009).
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Joan Wallach Scott born
Born in Brooklyn. American academic and historian.
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Frederick D. Gregory born
Born in Washington, D.C.. American astronaut.
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Ed Roberts born
Born in Miami. American engineer, entrepreneur and medical doctor (1941–2010).
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Anatolii Levchenko born
Born in Krasnokutsk. Soviet test pilot and cosmonaut (1941-1988).
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Vittorio Messori born
Born in Sassuolo. Italian journalist.
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Frederick Hauck born
Born in Long Beach. American astronaut.
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James R. Clapper born
Born in Fort Wayne. US government official (born 1941).
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Dragoljub Ojdanić born
Born in Ravni, Užice. Yugoslav general (1941–2020).
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Théoneste Bagosora born
Born in Gisenyi. Rwandan convicted of Genocide (1941–2021).
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James Joseph Dresnok born
Born in Q49231. US soldier who defected to North Korea.
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Sheila Fitzpatrick born
Born in Melbourne. Australian and American historian.
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Kenneth O. Hall born
Born in Lucea. Governor-General of Jamaica.
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Domenico Losurdo born
Born in Sannicandro di Bari. Italian scholar (1941-2018).
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Science & Technology 44
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Beijing Foreign Studies University
Public university in Beijing, China
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Utah Valley University
Public university in Orem, Utah, United States
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Glenn Research Center
NASA research center in Ohio, US
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The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Hospital in Texas, United States
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University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo
University in Hawaiʻi in United States of America
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Gromov Flight Research Institute
Aerospace flight research and testing centre in the USSR and Russia, research institute
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Kazakh Ablai Khan University of International Relations and World Languages
University in Kazakhstan
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Shoin University
Higher education institution in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan
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Heilongjiang University
University in China
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Delhi Technological University
State public university in North West, Delhi, India
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Fesenkov Astrophysical Institute
Research Institute in Almaty, Kazakhstan
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Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital
Hospital in South Africa
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Tata Memorial Centre
Hospital in India
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National Center of Oncology
Hospital in Baku, Azerbaijan
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Huachiew Chalermprakiet University
University in Thailand
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Istituto agronomico per l'oltremare
Italian research institute
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Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Campinas
University, academic publisher
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Cornerstone University
Private Christian university in Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States
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Linyi University
University in China
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Guizhou Normal University
University in Guiyang, China
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University of Michigan School of Public Health
School of Public Health at the University of Michigan
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Indiana University Southeast
Public regional campus of Indiana University
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Saint Petersburg State University of Aerospace Instrumentation
University
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King George V Memorial Hospital
Former hospital in Australia
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Raigmore Hospital
Hospital in Inverness, Scotland
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Nanfang Hospital
Hospital in China
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59th Medical Wing
Government organization in San Antonio, United States
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Chaophraya Abhaibhubejhr Hospital
Hospital in Prachinburi, Thailand
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Ratchaburi Hospital
Healthcare organization in Ratchaburi, Thailand
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Lithuanian Institute of History
Lithuanian Institute of History (Science & Technology).
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University of Negros Occidental – Recoletos
Private Catholic research university in Bacolod City, Philippines
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Fukushima College
Higher education institution in Fukushima Prefecture, Japan
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École libre des hautes études
Second World War-era expatriate school
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Koshien University
Higher education institution in Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan
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Hunan University of Science and Engineering
University in China
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Nagoya Bunri University
Higher education institution in Aichi Prefecture, Japan
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Osaka Electro-Communication University
Higher education institution in Osaka Prefecture, Japan
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KhVVKIU
KhVVKIU (Science & Technology).
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Roscommon University Hospital
University hospital in Roscommon, Ireland
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Walton Centre
Hospital in Fazakerley, Liverpool
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Chaplygin Siberian Scientific Research Institute of Aviation
Russian research institute
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Frankston Hospital
Hospital in Australia
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Institute for Advanced Studies on Asia, University of Tokyo
Institute for Advanced Studies on Asia, University of Tokyo (Science & Technology).
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Indian Institute of Integrative Medicine
Facility in Jammu, India
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Exploration & Discovery 4
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Abqaiq oil field
Oilfield in Saudi Arabia
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Statuette of God Teisheba
Statuette of God Teisheba (Exploration & Discovery).
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Fengbitou Archaeological Site
Archaeological site in Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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Mossdale Caverns
Cave system in the Yorkshire Dales, England
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Religion & Belief Systems 2
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Etz Ahayim Synagogue
Synagogue in Istanbul, Turkey
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Pagla Jame Masjid
Mosque of Bangladesh
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Economy & Trade 23
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Jeep
US automotive company
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Carl's Jr.
American fast food restaurant chain
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RIA Novosti
State-operated domestic Russian-language news agency
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UAZ
Automobile manufacturer based in Ulyanovsk, Russia
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Hilti
Liechtenstein multinational company in the manufacturing industry
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Velcro
Swiss corporation behind popular hook-and-loop fastener and its registered trademark
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Hankook Tire & Technology
South Korean tire company
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TAM-Europe
Company
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Hoya Corporation
Company
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Compass Group
British multinational contract foodservice company
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Coach
American luxury design house
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Petrol Ofisi
Fuel products distribution and lubricants company
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HBL Pakistan
Pakistani multinational banking company
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Mitsui Fudosan
Japanese real estate developer
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VSMPO-AVISMA
Company
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Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional
Brazilian steel company
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Empresas Polar
Venezuelan food company
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Abengoa
Company
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Snam
Italian natural gas infrastructure company
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Velux
Danish window manufacturer
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Rabén & Sjögren
Swedish book publishing company
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State Bank of Hyderabad
Former associate bank of State Bank of India
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Landor Associates
Company
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Disasters & Pandemics 8
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Van–Erciş earthquake of 1941
6.0-magnitude earthquake that struck Van in eastern Turkey on September 11, 1941
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Horsfjärden disaster
Horsfjärden disaster (Disasters & Pandemics).
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Smederevo Fortress explosion
1941 explosion in Smederevo, Serbia
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1941 Porto Alegre flood
Natural disaster in Brazil
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1941 Colima earthquake
Earthquake in Mexico
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1941 Andaman Islands earthquake
Earthquake in Southeast Asia
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1941 Chungpu earthquake
Earthquake in Taiwan
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1941 Gloria Fault earthquake
Mega Quake
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Social Movements & Revolutions 7
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June Uprising in Lithuania
Uprising by Lithuanians against the retreating Red Army in 1941
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Uprising in Montenegro
Conflict
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Bucharest pogrom
Pogrom during the Legionnaires' rebellion in 1941
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June 1941 uprising in eastern Herzegovina
1941 Serbian uprising
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1941 anti-Jewish riots in Gabès
Riot in Tunisia
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Resolution of Mostar Muslims
Protest against fascism
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Kayyur incident
1941 communist uprising in British India
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Architecture & Engineering 26
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La Rosaleda Stadium
Football stadium in Málaga, Spain
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Spartak Stadium
Sports venue in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
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Ryavallen
Soccer and track and field athletics stadium in Borås, Sweden
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Mizuho Athletic Stadium
Stadium
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Městský stadion
Track and field stadium in Ostrava
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Soyu Stadium
Building in Akita Prefecture, Japan
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Stadion Goce Delčev
Sports venue in North Macedonia
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Coca-Cola West Hiroshima Stadium
Multi-purpose stadium in Hiroshima, Japan
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Estádio Germano Krüger
Multi-Purpose Stadium in Brazil
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Mizuho Rugby Stadium
Building in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, Japan
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Heidal Church
Church building in Sel, Innlandet, Norway
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St. Martin of Tours' Church, Marigot
Church located in Saint-Martin, in France
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Iladalen Church
Church in Oslo, Norway
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Estádio Arthur Marinho
Stadium in Corumbá, Brazil
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Fedje Church
Church building in Fedje, Norway
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Sant'Andrea
Church building in Padua, Italy
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Mediumwave transmitter Lopik
Medium-wave broadcasting facility in the Netherlands, active between 1938 and 2015
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Casa Marsano
Former building in Peru
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St Symphorian's Church, Durrington
Grade II listed church in Worthing, West Sussex, England, UK
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Estádio Conselheiro Galvão
Estádio Conselheiro Galvão (Architecture & Engineering).
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Hiroshima Sogo Ground Baseball Park
Building in Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan
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All Saints Episcopal Church
Historic church in Winter Park, Florida, United States
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Church of St. Dismas, the Good Thief
Church building in Dannemora (village), New York, United States of America
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Rue Chapel AME Church
Church building in North Carolina, United States of America
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Cooerwull railway footbridge
Historic site in New South Wales, Australia
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Memorial Stadium
Former stadium at Kent State University
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Sports & Entertainment 6
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Paronyan Musical Comedy Theatre of Yerevan
A theatre of Yerevan
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9th Venice International Film Festival
1941 film festival edition
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Norilsk Polar Drama Theater named after Vladimir Mayakovsky
Theatre in Norilsk, Russia
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Latvijas PSR Valsts Jaunatnes teātris
Latvijas PSR Valsts Jaunatnes teātris (Sports & Entertainment).
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Indiana University Auditorium
Concert and multi-purpose hall in Bloomington, Indiana, United States
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Skopie National theatre
Skopie National theatre (Sports & Entertainment).
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Empires & Countries 9
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Independent State of Croatia founded
Independent State of Croatia was founded, with its capital at Zagreb.
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Governorate of Montenegro founded
Governorate of Montenegro was founded, with its capital at Cetinje.
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Hellenic State founded
Hellenic State was founded, with its capital at Athens.
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Territory of the Military Commander in Serbia founded
Territory of the Military Commander in Serbia was founded, with its capital at Belgrade.
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National Legionary State dissolved
National Legionary State ceased to exist, having been centered at Bucharest.
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Ukrainian national government (1941) founded
Ukrainian national government (1941) was founded, with its capital at Kyiv.
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Ukrainian national government (1941) dissolved
Ukrainian national government (1941) ceased to exist, having been centered at Kyiv.
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Italian Ethiopia dissolved
Italian Ethiopia ceased to exist, having been centered at Addis Ababa.
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Zuyev Republic founded
Zuyev Republic was founded, with its capital at Zaskarki.
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